View of a Bay from a Hillside (Amalfi)

1884/1885

Edward Lear

Associated Names
Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

The image shows a coastal landscape from an elevated point of view. The horizon is low with water meeting distant landforms. The scene is in a monochromatic palette of gray, with loose and fluid brushstrokes depicting the rugged terrain and water. Architectural structures or ruins are visible on the left, with trees and vegetation in front. In the distance, misty hills or cliffs can be seen.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and gray wash with graphite on card

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.6 x 14.6 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.29

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tennyson family (part of an album of 200 drawings illustrating Tennyson poems; this one no. 13); 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: 46.

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 artist at lower right in gray ink: EL (in monogram); by later hand, verso in black chalk: 162

Wikidata ID

Q64557546

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