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Maker(s):Lear, Edward
Culture:British; English (1812-1888)
Title:Philae, Egypt
Date Made:1867
Type:Drawing
Materials:Pen, brown ink, and watercolor over pencil on paper
Place Made:Africa; Egypt; Philae
Measurements:Frame: 10 1/2 in x 17 in; 26.7 cm x 43.2 cm; Mat: 8 7/16 in x 14 15/16 in; 21.4 cm x 37.9 cm; Sheet/Image: 3 3/8 in x 9 7/8 in; 8.6 cm x 25.1 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, lwr r (pen and brown ink) : Philae ; DATE: recto, lwr r (pen and brown ink) : 8 AM Febr. 19. 1867 ; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr r. (pen and brown ink) : (530) ; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr l. (pen and brown ink) : green ; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr l. (pen and brown ink) : green.
Accession Number:  MH 2014.4
Credit Line:Purchase with the Eleanor H. Bunce (Class of 1926) Art Acquisition Fund and funds from Professor Emeritus John L. Varriano
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Island of Philae, with the Ptolemaic Temple of Isis and the Kiosk of Trajan, surrounded by the calm waters of the Nile

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