Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Gozo, near Malta
Date:
1866
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/16 x 9 3/4 inches (16 x 24.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink, lower right: "March 21. 2. pm. 1866 (209)'; in graphite, lower right: "22 March 2 pm | Gozo; pen in brown ink, lower left: "flat-gray" | "[Cowoloulice]?"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.600
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sea | landscape | rocks (landforms) | cliffs | grass
Associated Places:
Mediterranean Sea | Malta | Gozo
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Oil on water, oil sketches by British watercolorists , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 40-41, fig. 38, ND467 C67 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6131