Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Val di Roppa, Corfu, 22 May 1868
Date:
1868
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 20 inches (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center left to center right: "pale red earth | light green rox | earth | grey rox | perfect flat [...] | oacher earth | all dark | ivy | filmy | shade"; lower left: "Some dark blu. yel. [...] tight [...]"; lower center: "cut | x x light off"; lower right: "Val di Roppa | from near - "; lower right: "all in shade | flat leaves [...] 93"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "394a"; center: "103 | Longwise | alone"; lower right: "Corfu"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.350
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
people | women | landscape | mountains | men | trees | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Iónioi Nísoi | Europe | Ellás | Corfu | Greece | Kérkira
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5402