Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
La Cava, 19 July 1838
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 inches (35.4 x 25.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "La Cava | 19. July 1838."; Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper center: "89. | Longu[rse] | Left"; in graphite, upper right: "33b"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.39
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | cliffs | trees | mountains | gorges (landforms) | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Italy
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:
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 54, no. 17, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4894