View across a Bay (Monaco)

1884/1885

Edward Lear

Associated Names
Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

The image features a landscape seen from an elevated perspective. The horizon is positioned about a third of the way down from the top, with a cliffside extending into the distance. There are structural elements resembling buildings or ruins. The brushstrokes are loose and impressionistic, capturing the scenery with fluid strokes. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of gray to create contrasts and depth. Closest to us are trees framed by dark, broad brushstrokes on the right, with more nebulous forms on the left. The landscape transitions into rocky terrain and the cliff, creating depth towards the horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash and black wash on card

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.8 x 14.7 cm (3 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.38


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tennyson family (part of an album of 200 drawings illustrating Tennyson poems; this one no. 155); 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, 1987; gift to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Pitman, Ruth. Edward Lear's Tennyson. Manchester, 1988: 206

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: 171 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, verso in graphite: Monaco / 155 / J7338

Wikidata ID

Q64557564

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