Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Creator: Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

1. Philae, Egypt

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1863
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 13/16 x 21 inches (27.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1869
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 1/8 x 58 1/8 inches (91.8 x 147.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Mount Athos and the Monastery of Stavronikétes

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1857
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (34.3 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Marble Rocks — Nerbudda Jubbolpore

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1882
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 9 1/2 inches (38.1 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Catania

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1847
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 14 1/2 inches (19.4 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A View of the Harbour at Cannes

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1869
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and scraping out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 20 1/8 inches (16.7 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Dead Sea, 16 and 17 April 1858

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: April 16 and 17, 1858
Medium:: Pen and brown ink with watercolor over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches (36.8 x 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Jericho, 7 May 1858

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1858
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 19 7/8 inches (18.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Tollygunge, Calcutta

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor with goauche, and scratching out over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (16.2 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Siracusa, 12. June 1847

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1847
Medium:: Pen in brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 x 11 9/16 inches (40.2 x 29.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. New Harbour, Malta

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1866
Medium:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink and gouache, over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 20 7/8 inches (18.1 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A Study of Ferns, Civitella

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1842
Medium:: Oil on moderately thick, moderately textured, green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches (15.7 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A View of the Pine Woods Above Cannes

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1869
Medium:: Watercolor and gumming with pen in brown and blue ink, and scraping out, over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 20 3/16 inches (16.7 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Turin, Italy

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: after 1872
Medium:: Pen in brown ink with brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (34.3 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1867
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (12.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: ca. 1880
Medium:: Gray wash, with pen and gray ink, brown ink, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 20 5/8 inches (32.4 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Oasis Village

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1854
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 17 inches (24.4 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Views of Sicily

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Medium:: Various media, including: black pencil or chalk with some white chalk on blue paper; gouache; some squared
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Palermo

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Vignette

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Palermo

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Palermo

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Landscape Study

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Termini

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Cefalù

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Catania

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4in. (23.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. People on the Road Near Kalicut, Malabar

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 15 9/16 inches (25.4 × 39.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Illustration to Tennyson's "The Gardener's Daughter:" Mount Lebanon, Syria - `A Cedar spread his dark green layers of shade'

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (9.8 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Illustration to Tennyson's "You Ask Me Why": Areka Palms, Ratanapooru, Ceylon - `I will see before I die The Palms and Temples of the South'

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 inches (9.7 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. View near Palermo

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1847
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches (31.8 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Gozo, near Malta

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1866
Medium:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 x 9 3/4 inches (16 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Capo Sant' Angelo, Amalfi

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: ca. 1885
Medium:: Pen in gray and black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 x 13 1/8 inches (22.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Albania

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: between 1848 and 1849
Medium:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink and brown wash over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 x 9 13/16 inches (13.2 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Wied Zurrik (Malta)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1848
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 3/4 inches (25.4 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Pontine Marshes above Terracina

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: ca. 1880
Medium:: Pen in brown ink with brown wash over graphite on very thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 12 7/16 inches (23.8 x 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Weasel

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1832
Medium:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink, with gouache and gum over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 11 inches (18.7 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Bavella, Corsica

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: ca. 1868
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 14 1/2 inches (22.9 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1867
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection