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Edward Lear (1812-88)

View from Luxor c.1854

Watercolour | 16.7 x 26.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 914279

View from Luxor

Edward Lear (1812-88)

View from Luxor c.1854

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View from Luxor

Edward Lear (1812-88)

View from Luxor c.1854

©

Description

A watercolour of a view from Luxor. Lear spent ten days in February 1854 exploring the area between Luxor and Karnak.
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Edward Lear (1812-88)
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Subject(s)

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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Watercolour

watercolour painting

Measurements

16.7 x 26.0 cm (whole object)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Places
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
Luxor [Egypt]
Rivers of Africa
River Nile
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Astronomy
Geodesy & Surveying
Topography
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Architecture
Egyptian architecture
Geography
Physiography
Rivers
References

Other number(s)

RL 14279

DM : Millar, D., 1995. The Victorian Watercolours in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 2 vols, London – DM 3264

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