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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, The Pontine Marshes above Terracina, ca. 1880
- Title:
The Pontine Marshes above Terracina
- 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), Image: 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (13.3 x 21 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, upper left: "No. 8"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower left: "Stretched wild and wide the waste enormous marsh." | "The Pontine Marshes from above Terracina."
Signed in graphite on verso, upper left: "5878 | Lear"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.603
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- coast | hill | landscape | sea | structure (single built work)
- Associated Places:
- Italy | Latina | Lazio | Pontine Marshes | Terracina
- 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:6134
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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. 114, no. 132, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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