Tanjore, India

1884/1885

Edward Lear

Associated Names
Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

The image depicts a landscape with an intricately designed temple on the right side. The temple has a pyramidal structure with detailed patterns. In the background, there are other temple-like silhouettes on the horizon. Some tall trees are in the foreground, contrasting with the man-made structure. Vegetation and rocks are visible to the left. The color palette is monochromatic, emphasizing form and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray and black wash over traces of graphite on card

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.7 x 15 cm (3 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tennyson family (part of an album of 200 drawings illustrating Tennyson poems; this one no. 78)); 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: 201.

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

Signed by the artist at lower right: EL (in monogram); by the artist at lower left in black ink: Tanjore

Wikidata ID

Q64557540

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