File:Studies on the Nile (36) RMG PU9120.tiff
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creator QS:P170,Q309759 |
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English: Studies on the Nile (36) This watercolour by Edward Lear with studies on the Nile, executed on his second journey to Egypt in 1854, is divided into three tiers. Above, sketches of local herdsmen and a single study of a Nile cargo vessel can be seen. The second tier shows a gyassi passing a barren, rocky stretch of the Nile’s banks, while below Lear added a more distant view of the river and a study of a cliff. The colours are restricted to yellows, ochres, and browns. Although Lear worked in the tradition of British topographical art, his drawings leave behind its documentary attitude, which recorded landscape and geographical features for the benefit of their antiquarian and natural historical associations. If, as in the case of his Egyptian images, the past is alluded to, Lear conveys it with a mysterious and exotic character, rather than attempting to re-establish the historical and particularly biblical topography which had drawn other travellers to the Near and Middle East. It is mostly the luminous colours in their own right which are intended to trigger poetical sentiment in the beholder and characterize the scene as picturesque. |
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circa 1854 date QS:P571,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Dimensions | Mount: 154 mm x 232 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Box Title: D.118A M1466-1467, M1467A. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/113271 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Picture Department Petrel Project Number: M1467A Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 20 Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 5 Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 6 id number: PAD9120 |
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Collection InfoField | Fine art |
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