Illustration to Tennyson's "You Ask Me Why": Areka Palms, Ratanapooru, Ceylon - `I will see before I die The Palms and Temples of the South'

Illustration to Tennyson's "You Ask Me Why": Areka Palms, Ratanapooru, Ceylon - `I will see before I die The Palms and Temples of the South' (museum title)

Edward Lear (British) (1812-1888)

Movement

Orientalism

Medium

Pen and black ink and gray wash on wove paper

Dimensions

9.7 × 14.8 cm (sheet)

Collection

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Rights

Public domain

Photograph

Yale Center for British Art, public domain

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