FDA-D.329-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.329-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Philae on the Nile
Whiteley
Whiteley
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
MFW 20
Description
Content (place)
Egypt
Dimensions
height (actual size): 165mm
width (actual size): 257mm
width (actual size): 257mm
Inscription
Inscribed 'Nile. Philae 1867. EL' (lower left)
Materials & techniques note
Graphite and watercolour with white bodycolour
Production
Person
Lear, Edward, 1812 - 1888 (Artist)
Date
1867
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: with Agnew's, 1969; collection of Martin Whiteley; by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 65
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 65
Previous ownership
References
• Christie's, A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 73, no. 65)
