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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Sorrento, 2 August 1838, 1838
- Title:
Sorrento, 2 August 1838
- Date:
- 1838
- Medium:
- Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, greenish-gray wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches (17.1 x 25.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Sorrento."; inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Cocumella | wider"; upper center: "Cap: convent"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper center: "82. | upright. | Top | 17" (number 17 crossed out); in graphite, upper right: "332"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.43
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | domes | genre subject | plants | rocks (landforms) | studies (visual works)
- Associated Places:
- Campania | Italy | Sorrento
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4898
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Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 55, no. 19, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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