Edward Lear
1812-1888
View of the Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica
11 5/8 x 18 1/4 inches (295 x 464 mm)
Watercolor, with whiteopaque watercolor, over graphitee, including twelve vertical equally spaced ruled lines, on gray wove paper mounted by the artist on pasteboard.
1977.19
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Salomon.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through pasteboard mount.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower left in brush and black ink with monogram.
Inscribed (by the artist?), on mount, in pen and black ink, [FOR]EST OF VALDONIELLO"; in pencil, "VALDONIELLO"; on verso in pen and black ink, at upper left, "No 25"; at upper right, "5th Set".
Inscribed (by the artist?), on mount, in pen and black ink, [FOR]EST OF VALDONIELLO"; in pencil, "VALDONIELLO"; on verso in pen and black ink, at upper left, "No 25"; at upper right, "5th Set".
Associated names
Taylor, Richard, former owner.
Spector, Stephen, 1946-, former owner.
Salomon, Richard, donor.
Salomon, Richard, Mrs., donor.
Spector, Stephen, 1946-, former owner.
Salomon, Richard, donor.
Salomon, Richard, 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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