Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Bassenthwaite
Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 13/16 x 10 1/8 inches (17.3 x 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Bassenth[waite?] | 21.Sept.1836"; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: "37"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "5"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "22"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.28
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | fence | grass | lake | mountains | valleys (landforms) | trees | plants | sky
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | Lake District | Bassenthwaite Lake | Bassenthwaite | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Charles Nugent, Edward Lear, the landscape artist, tours of Ireland and the English lakes, 1835 & 1836 , The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 2009, pp. 125, 127, fig. 35, NJ18 L455 N84 2009 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1642