Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Sketches of Athens
Date:
1848
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (17.1 × 45.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Athens. 8. June | [...] -1848."; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(19)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1990.28.5
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | studies (visual works) | ruins | mountain | monument | columns | structures (structural elements) | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Greece | Athens
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3101