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Edward Lear

80 works

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Graphite sketch by Edward Lear of St. Peter's dome in Rome, with smaller studies of umbrella pines and landscape.

View of St. Peter's, Rome

1843

Pen and ink sketch of a bay with a hilltop town, rocky foreground, small figures and a horseman.

View of Sciacca, Sicily

May 20, 1847

Hand-colored print of a hilltop town above a rocky road, with pine trees on the left and women in white veils in the foregrou

Cervara

1812

Sepia print of a Rome street with a large tree, stone walls, an octagonal tower, and a small figure in a doorway.

Via Porta Pinciana, Rome

1812

Lithograph of a calm cove on Corfu with cliffs, a white hilltop building, cypresses, and small figures on the shore.

Gezicht op Palaiokastritsa

1824

Hand-colored print of two eagles, a white-headed adult standing on grass and a mottled brown bird perched on rocks.

White Headed Eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus)

published 1832-1837

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop church with cypress trees above a valley, with snowy mountains in the distance.

A Town on a Hilltop (Sanctuary of Lampedusa)

1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of a river gorge with a hilltop town of arched buildings and goats resting on the right foreground.

Goats Resting above a River Gorge (Narni, Italy)

1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of tall palms beside domed buildings and small figures, with rocky hills behind under a pale sky.

Mahatta

1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of Thebes ruins with pylon gateways, palm trees, and cattle resting in shallow water in the foreground.

Thebes

1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of palm trees beside a river with distant mountains and two figures at right, by Edward Lear.

Avisavella, Ceylon

1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of a bay with a fortified headland in the distance and trees on the right, by Edward Lear.

View across a Bay (Monaco)

1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of an arched stone bridge over a river, with a hilltop town and distant mountains beyond.

Bridge with Mountains in the Distance (Ventimiglia)

1884/1885

Watercolor of Venice's domed Santa Maria della Salute at sunset, with sailing boats and a gondola on pink-tinted lagoon water

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, at Sunset

1865/1884

Hand-colored print of a hilltop castle above a lake, with women at a stone fountain and trees in the foreground.

Bracciano, plate 2 from "Views of Rome and Its Environs"

1841

Watercolor of a hilltop town on a cliff above trees, with hazy mountains behind it.

Corte, Corsica

1868