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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Oasis Village, 1854
- Title:
Oasis Village
- Additional Title(s):
Es.sioott 8. March. 1854
Asyut, Assiut, Egypt
- Date:
- 1854
- Medium:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 5/8 x 17 inches (24.4 x 43.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink over graphite, lower left: "Es. sioott | 8. March. 1854 | 9. AM. dust !!"; in graphite, lower right: "253"; inscribed with notes throughout
Watermark: Blind Stamp - Freres (letters)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6214
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | camels (mammals) | desert | dome | figures (representations) | hills | landscape | oasis | palm trees | robes | ruins | sand | valley (landform) | village
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Asyut | Egypt
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6297
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