Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Sketches of Athens, 1848
- Title:
- Sketches of Athens
- Date:
- 1848
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (17.1 × 45.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Athens. 8. June | [...] -1848."; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(19)"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1990.28.5
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | columns | landscape | monument | mountain | ruins | structures (structural elements) | studies (visual works)
- Associated Places:
- Athens | Greece
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3101
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