Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Temple of Venus and Rome, Rome
Date:
1840
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper laid on card
Dimensions:
9 5/8 x 13 3/8 inches (24.4 x 34 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1980.33
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | road | ruins | cityscape | architecture | people | apse | column (architectural element) | vault (structural element) | temples | buildings
Associated Places:
Italy | Roma | Lazio | Rome
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)

Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)

Edward Lear (Royal Academy) (Royal Academy of Arts, 1985-04-20 - 1985-07-14)

Edward Lear (Royal Academy) (National Academy Museum & School, 1985-09-09 - 1985-11-03)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 142-143, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Oil on water : oil sketches by British watercolorists, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 40-41, fig. 37, ND467 C67 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 56, no. 21, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:509