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- Title:
From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt
- Date:
- 1846
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (34.6 x 50.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "<...> from Under the Portico of The Temple of Edfou Upper Egypt"
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower right: "David Roberts. R.A. 1846"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4377
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | hieroglyphics | men | snake | temple
- Associated Places:
- Africa | As Said | Aswan | Edfu | Egypt | Temple of Edfu
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6050
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