Omegna, Lago d’Orta
Pencil, pen and ink and wash on paper
2 June 1867-
About the work
- Location
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Country: Italy
City: Rome
Place: British Embassy
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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
- Italy, Lago d'Orta, Omegna
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), pencil, ink, wash drawing, pen and ink drawing, wash
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Details
- Artist
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Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
- Title
- Omegna, Lago d’Orta
- Date
- 2 June 1867
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and ink and wash on paper
- Dimensions
- height: 36.70 cm, width: 55.40 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased November 1946
- Inscription
- bl: 8.30 AM. to 10.AM / Omegna / Lago d'Orta. June 2.1867 ; br corner: (217) ; extensive colour notes
- GAC number
- 264