Ruined Temple on a Hill

1864

Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over graphite on blue wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.7 x 25.6 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.101

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Durlacher Brothers, London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1963-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-1975, no. 14.

Bibliography

1975

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Virginia Museum Downtown Gallery, Richmond, 1975, 14

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, checklist 160

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 29 May / 64; graphite notations overall

Wikidata ID

Q64557536

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