Sketches in Italy [recto]
1839/1845
Edward Lear
Artist, British, 1812 - 1888
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Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk and graphite with gray and white washes on light brown wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 22.3 x 29.3 cm (8 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1995.52.100.a
Associated Artworks
A Sailing Ship [verso]
Edward Lear
1839
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1976-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1989
The Spell of Italy, University of Virginia Library (McGregor Room), Charlottesville, 5 March - 30 July, 1989.
Wikidata ID
Q64557533