Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Santa Decca, Corfu, 28 May 1848 (126)
Date:
1848
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 x 19 7/8 inches (35.6 x 50.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "S. Decca."; in graphite, lower right: "126 | 124 | 125" [125 and 124 are crossed out]; Verso: in brown ink, center: "78 | Long[view?]"; in graphite, upper right: "394b"; in graphite, lower right: "Corfu"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.351
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | figure (representation) | trees | vegetation | rocks (landforms) | sky
Associated Places:
Greece | Corfu | Ionian Islands
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. 63, no. 35, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5403