Edward Lear
1812-1888
View of Celano
1843
11 x 19 1/16 inches (280 x 484 mm)
Watercolor, pen and red ink, over faint indications in pencil, on gray wove paper.
1977.20
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed and dated by the artist in pen and red ink, at lower left, "Celano / 2d September. 1843"; at lower right, "low vines".
Associated names
Spector, Stephen, 1946-, former owner.
Morgan, Charles F., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., Mrs., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 272.
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Century Drawings
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