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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Benares, 1873
- Title:
Benares
- Former Title(s):
View of Benares
- Date:
- 1873
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite and gouache on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/2 x 20 inches (34.3 x 50.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "(64) Benares 14 Decembr 1873. 2.30 PM".; lower center: "A.Bathing rafts B. boats. C hazy blue Sandy. D sand. | E. Women above. F. Sheds on broken steps. G. green. H. cindery bn. y. [...] | light off sky } croze | I. millions of pigeons J. gray L. gold. R, red"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2007.18.1
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architecture | bathers | bathing | boats | cityscape | flags | people | pigeons (general term) | river | sky | stairs | temples | trees
- Associated Places:
- Ganges | India | Varanasi
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:59784
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