Campagna di Roma

1884/1885

Edward Lear

Associated Names
Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

The image displays a landscape seen from an elevated perspective. On the left side, there are ruins of a structure with an arched doorway and tall trees. In the distance, mountains rise with a series of arches, possibly an aqueduct, running horizontally. The horizon is in the top third of the image. The artist used a wash technique with soft brushstrokes. The color palette is limited to shades of gray, accentuating light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash over traces of graphite on card

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.4 x 14.5 cm (3 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tennyson family (part of an album of 200 drawings illustrating Tennyson poems; this one no. 144 (formerly 147); 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, 1983; 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 lower right in gray ink: EL (in monogram); by the artist lower left in gray ink: Campagna di Roma; by later hand, verso in graphite: 147 (crossed out); J 7 328 144

Wikidata ID

Q64557542

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