Colombo, River Scene
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About the work
- Location
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Country: Sri Lanka
City: Colombo
Place: British High Commission
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About the artist
Edward Lear, best known for nonsense verse and limericks, was also a topographical landscape painter, musician, travel writer, ornithological and natural history draughtsman and an illustrator. Largely self-taught as a painter, he began by drawing animals at Knowsley Hall menagerie; later moving to landscape painting. He lived in Italy from 1837 to 1848, returning briefly when Queen Victoria requested twelve drawing lessons. He later studied at the Royal Academy Schools (1850-51). In 1852 he was introduced to William Holman Hunt, whose paintings became a great influence. From the early 1860s, Lear’s reputation as a landscape painter declined, perhaps partly a result of the mass-produced watercolours he made, which he called ‘Tyrants’.
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Explore
- Places
- Sri Lanka, Kelani River, Colombo
- Subjects
- topography, landscape C19th, seascape/coastal scene, tree, palm, river bank, river, man, house
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)
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Details
- Artist
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Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
- Title
- Colombo, River Scene
- Date
- 10 December 1874
- Medium
- Watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- height: 27.00 cm, width: 48.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Leger Galleries, July 1973
- Inscription
- bl: 815. / Colombo. / 10. December. 1874 [and copious colour notes]
- GAC number
- 10673