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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Philae, 1867
- Title:
Philae
- Date:
- 1867
- Medium:
- Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 5/16 x 5 15/16 inches (8.4 x 15.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, over graphite, lower left: "Phila. | 3.AM. Feby 19. 1867 Moonlight on still waters. (the [rox are?] drawn on one of 1854. (527)" Verso: inscribed in graphite, center: "147 longwise | middle line | left"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.249
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- hills | island | landscape | river | river | rocks (landforms) | water
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Aswan High Dam | Egypt | Nile | Philae
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5301
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