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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Opposite Abu Girgeh, 1867
- Title:
Opposite Abu Girgeh
- Additional Title(s):
Opposite Abu Qurqas
- Date:
- 1867
- Medium:
- Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 1 13/16 x 7 5/16 inches (4.6 x 18.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Jany.3.1867 - (vulture) 1.30.PM. opposite Abou Girgeh."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "46"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "W | 8 up | next above lowest | 68"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.82
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- birds | geese | landscape | palm trees | river | river | sky | vulture | water
- Associated Places:
- Abu Qurqâs | Africa | Egypt | Nile
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5105
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