Inscribed indistinctly with title l.l. and dated: 25 January 1854/5 pm

Watercolour over pen and ink, 6.5 b y 15 cm (2 ½ by 6 ins)

Lear made his second expedition to Egypt in January 1854 and took a boat up the Nile taking in a number of ancient landmarks including Kom Ombos, Silsilis and Edfu.  He arrived at Edfu in the morning following the execution of the present work (26^th January) where he made a similar small watercolour study of the temple complex there. For some of this expedition he was accompanied by the Pre Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt.