View of Ceriana

1870

Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.7 x 51 cm (14 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.53.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 March 1983, no. 63). Acquired 1983 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., September 1983.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite and brown ink: Ceriana / 3PM 13.Oct.r 1870; (color notes in graphite and brown ink)

Wikidata ID

Q64557520


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