- Creator:
- Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
- Title:
- A Study of Ferns, Civitella
- Date:
- 1842
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on moderately thick, moderately textured, green wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches (15.7 x 19.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in green oil paint, lower right: "Civitella."; inscribed on verso in graphite, center: "30 | upright | Top"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.416
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- genre subject | science | ferns | study (visual work) | leaves (plant materials) | botany
- Associated Places:
- Italy
- 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:
- Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 59, no. 27, , NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6298