Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Rocky Valley of Mosta, Malta, 2:15 p.m. (April 3, 1866)
Date:
1866
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (24.4 x 36.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink, upper center: "dark"; center left: "nearer | dark [...] | far | dark"; lower center: "water something"; lower left: "Rocky Valley of Mosta | Malta. | 2.15. Malta. | April 3 1866"; lower right: "276"; in graphite in artist's hand, lower right: "[...] | PM"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2008.28.3
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | road | vegetation | valley (landform) | sky | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Mosta | Malta
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:61356