Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Greek Woodcutter, June 13 /56
Date:
1856
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/16 x 6 1/8 inches (23 x 15.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower right: "Karopiskopos"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "3"; in graphite, lower left: "3"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper center: "No. 11 - eleven"; in pen and black ink, center: "7 above | upright | Longwise"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.57
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | portrait | buttons (fasteners) | hat | shirt | pants | man | woodcutters (loggers)
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. 68, no. 41, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4917