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Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Title:
Sorrento, 2 August 1838
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
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]
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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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