Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Corfu from Ascension
Date:
ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (34.3 x 54.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
signed
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Sophie and Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.11
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
herd | sheep | Hellenistic | ancient | village | landscape | ruins | sea | island | mountains | citadel | temple | poet | shepherd | Paradise
Associated Places:
Kérkira, Nísos | Corfu | Greece | Iónioi Nísoi | Ascension
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)

Edward Lear (Royal Academy) (Royal Academy of Arts, 1985-04-20 - 1985-07-14)

Edward Lear (Royal Academy) (National Academy Museum & School, 1985-09-09 - 1985-11-03)
Publications:
Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977-1986 : Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1986, p. 15, no. 33, N590.2 .A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 144-145, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977 - 1986, , Burlington Magazine, vol. 128, October 1986, p. 15, no. 33, N1 .B87 128:3 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 68-69, no. 42, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:494