Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Abydos, 1:00 pm, 12 January 1867 (134), 1867
- Title:
Abydos, 1:00 pm, 12 January 1867 (134)
- Date:
- 1867
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/8 x 12 inches (15.6 x 30.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Abydus. 1.PM. January 12. 1867"; in black ink, lower right: "(134)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "30.up | next above Lowest"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.120
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | columns (architectural elements) | figures | landscape | palm trees | ruins | sky | stone | structures (single built works) | temples
- Associated Places:
- Abydos | Africa | Nile | Upper Egypt
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5144
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Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Jenny Gaschke, Edward Lear, Egyptian sketches , National Maritime Museum, London, 2009, p. 51, NJ18 L455 G37 2009 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 84, no. 65, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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