Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
A View of the Pine Woods Above Cannes
Date:
1869
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gumming with pen in brown and blue ink, and scraping out, over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 20 3/16 inches (16.7 x 51.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Cannes"; inscribed in arstis's hand, lower right: "EL. 1869"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2644
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | Woods (Forests) | pines | grass | sky | mountains | trees | figures (representations)
Associated Places:
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Cannes | France
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)

Victorian Landscape Watercolors (The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1992-11-18 - 1993-01-03)

Victorian Landscape Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-09-09 - 1992-11-01)

Victorian Landscape Watercolors (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1993-02-11 - 1993-04-12)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors, drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 73, pl. 73, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 32, 108, no. 127, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6299