Figures Setting Out in Canoes from a Palm Grove (Wady Feiran)

1884/1885

Edward Lear

Associated Names
Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

The image shows tall palm trees clustered on the right side of a landscape. Near the foreground, a small boat with two figures is on a body of water. The water reflects the trees and figures. In the background, there are pointed mountain peaks meeting the sky. The horizon is low, marked by the distant mountains. The brushstrokes depict textures of palm fronds and tree trunks. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of gray and black, highlighting the natural elements in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray and black wash on card

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.6 x 14.7 cm (3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tennyson family (part of an album of 200 drawings illustrating Tennyson poems; this one no. 6); 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: 197.

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

Q64557555

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