Milan Cathedral

Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

Pencil, chalk, ink, and body colour on toned paper

4 October 1837

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Italy
    City: Rome
    Place: British Embassy
  • 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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    Artist
    Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
    Title
    Milan Cathedral
    Date
    4 October 1837
    Medium
    Pencil, chalk, ink, and body colour on toned paper
    Dimensions
    height: 25.70 cm, width: 36.30 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from John Teed, October 1954
    Inscription
    tl in sky: 'Milano. / 4th. Oct.br 1837'
    GAC number
    2862