Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Abu Simbel, 4:30 pm, 8 February 1867 (379), 1867
- Title:
Abu Simbel, 4:30 pm, 8 February 1867 (379)
- Date:
- 1867
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 1/2 × 10 inches (8.9 × 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Abou Simbl. 4.30. 8 Feby. 1867"; in brown ink, lower right: "(379)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "92 | Top"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.206
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- lake | landscape | monument | rocks (landforms) | sky | water
- Associated Places:
- Abu Simbel | Africa | Egypt | Lake Nasser | Nubia | Nubia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5256
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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. 95, no. 94, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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