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Tapha, 7:50 a.m., February 17, 1867

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Date

1867

Artist

Edward Lear (1812-1888)

Collection

Yale Center for British Art

Image Link

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5299

Description

Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

Inscription

Dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Feby. 17. 1867". Inscribed with pen in brown ink, lower left: "Tapha. 7.50."; inscribed with pen in brown ink, lower right: "x far blue hills, seen through palm leaves | (511)". Medium: Watercolour with pen in brown ink

Image Licence

Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art

Image Credit

image credit Yale Center for British Art

Location

Temple of Taffeh, Egypt

Country

Tags

Deserts
Landscapes
Palm Trees
Rivers
Robes
Ruins
Sand
Sky
Temples
Trees

Category

Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

The Temple of Taffeh was removed from Egypt to preserve it during the creation of the Aswan High Dam. It is now held at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden.

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