Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, View near Palermo, 1847
- Title:
- View near Palermo
- Date:
- 1847
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches (31.8 x 48.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center right: "No. 1-"; inscribed on verso in graphite: lower left: "May 8 1847"; in graphite, lower right: "palerma | No. 3 24 x 19 | Be sure to mount marks right and bottom."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.968
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Grand Tour | hills | landscape | rocks (landforms) | sea | sky | studies (visual works)
- Associated Places:
- Italy | Palermo | Sicily | Tyrrhenian Sea
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6130
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Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 17, 62, no. 33, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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