A Town on a Hilltop (Sanctuary of Lampedusa)

1884/1885

Edward Lear

Associated Names
Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

The image shows a landscape with mountains in the background. The brushstrokes are loose and capture the details of the trees and the building on the mountainside. The color palette is monochromatic, ranging from light gray to deep charcoal. A small figure is visible on a path.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash with touches of pen and black ink on card

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.3 × 21 cm (6 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.31

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tennyson family (part of an album of 200 drawings illustrating Tennyson poems; this one no. 162); 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: 169.

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).

Wikidata ID

Q64557554

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