Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Reggio, 26 July 1847, 1847
- Title:
- Reggio, 26 July 1847
- Date:
- 1847
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/4 x 18 7/8 inches (28.6 x 47.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink over graphite, lower left: "Reggio. | 26. July. 1847."; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "The Aloe flowers come bright yellow -off,- 5."; in graphite, lower right: "the aloe come bright yellow off"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "36c"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.50
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botany | buildings | city | cityscape | hills | landscape | mountains | plants | science | sky | trees | vegetation | windows
- Associated Places:
- Calabria | Italy | Reggio nell'Emilia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4905
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Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
The natural history of Edward Lear, Princeton University Press, Princeton, p. 135, fig. 133, QH31.L424 P43 2021 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 62, no. 34, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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