Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Furness Abbey East, 29 August 1836
Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 inches (20 x 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Furness Abbey. East "; inscribed on verso in graphite, center: "1."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.23
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
arches | ruins | grass | trees | stone | architectural subject
Associated Places:
England | Barrow-in-Furness | Furness Abbey | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Charles Nugent, Edward Lear, the landscape artist, tours of Ireland and the English lakes, 1835 & 1836 , The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 2009, pp. 88-9, fig. 16, NJ18 L455 N84 2009 + (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 14, 50, no. 8, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1637