Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Fruit trees, 3 April 1863
Date:
1863
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 13/16 x 10 inches (42.7 x 25.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, lowerr left: "[Aypionzwior Caoraays?]"; Verso: inscribed in pen with brown ink: center: "18 | upright | Lowest"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.6.102
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
branches | lemons | botanical subject | still life | study (visual work) | leaves | food | fruit | science
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:
The natural history of Edward Lear, Princeton University Press, Princeton, p. 140, fig. 138, QH31.L424 P43 2021 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 79, no. 58, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6291