FDA-D.326-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.326-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
El Karnak
Whiteley
Whiteley
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 263mm
width (actual size): 457mm
width (actual size): 457mm
Inscription
Inscribed 'El Karnak./15 & 16. Feby./1854' (lower left); numbered '209' (lower right) and further inscribed with extensive colour notes
Watermark 'DE CANS' (upper right corner made up)
Watermark 'DE CANS' (upper right corner made up)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on buff paper
Production
Person
Lear, Edward, 1812 - 1888 (Artist)
Date
1854
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: With Agnew's, 1965; with Spink: collection of Martin Whiteley; by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
Whiteley, Martin F, 1930 - 1984: Bequeathed to Eton by Martin Whiteley
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 72, no. 64)
