Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Corfu from Santa Decca
Date:
1862
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (34.3 x 54.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.1
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
landscape | Greek | path | water | travelers | forest | hill | mountains | trees | island | sea | animal | donkey
Associated Places:
Greece | Kérkira | Corfu
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Lawrence Durrell, Lear's Corfu : an anthology, Corfu Travel, Corfu, 1965, p. 27, PR4879 L43 L43 1965 (YCBA)

Rodolfo Falchi, Edward Lear, Holloway 1812-Sanremo 1888, Lalli, 1997, p. 145, NJ18 L455 F25 1997 (YCBA)

Donald C. Gallup, Collecting Edward Lear, Yale University Library Gazette, Vol. 61, April 1987, p. 133, JSTOR

Edward Lear, Views in the seven Ionian islands, Edward Lear, London, 1863, cat. no. 5, Folio A 2018 13 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 19, 78, no. 56, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1614