A Sailing Ship [verso]

1839/1845

Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.3 x 29.3 cm (8 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.100.b

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.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center in graphite: E600; by later hand, lower right in graphite: J2801 / Lear

Wikidata ID

Q64557535

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