Mahatta

1884/1885

Edward Lear

Associated Names
Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

The image shows a view from above of an open area with tall trees, obscuring the horizon. In the distance, there is a building with dome-shaped roofs and a small group of people nearby. The brushstrokes are loose and sketch-like, emphasizing texture over detail. The color palette is monochromatic in various shades of gray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.6 x 14.6 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.35

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tennyson family (part of an album of 200 drawings illustrating Tennyson poems; this one no. 58); Tennyson Research Centre, Lincoln, until 1980. (Thos. Agnew and Sons, London, 1980, the album broken up and the drawings dispersed); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1984; gift to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Pitman, Ruth. Edward Lear's Tennyson. Manchester, 1988: 102.

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 170 (color).

Inscriptions

lower left in gray ink: Mahatta; verso in brown ink: 58; by later hand, verso in graphite: 7271

Wikidata ID

Q64557560

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