Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Shelaal, 2:30 am, 29 January 1867 (260), 1867
- Title:
Shelaal, 2:30 am, 29 January 1867 (260)
- Additional Title(s):
Shellal
- Date:
- 1867
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen in black ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 2 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (7 × 27.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Shelaal. 2.30. PM. Jany 29 1867"; in black ink, lower right: "(260)"; Verso: in graphite, center: "173 | D. Gallup"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.163
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boat | figures | hills | landscape | palm trees | river | river | riverbank | rocks (landforms) | valleys (landforms) | water
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Aswan | Egypt | Nile | Nubia | Nubia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5198
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Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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]
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 89, no. 76, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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