Edward Lear
1812-1888
Mt. Aeta (from Lamia), Greece
3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (95 x 146 mm)
Brush and gray wash on paper.
2003.36
Gift of John M. Thayer.
Notes
This drawing and "Wady Halfeh, Nile, Nubia" (2003.35) are two sheets from a set of two hundred illustrations to Tennyson's poems. After Lear's death, a limited edition of three poems and twenty-two illustrations was published with the signature of the poet. Lear presented the drawings to Tennyson, and they remained with the Tennyson papers until 1980.
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Thayer, John M. (John MacLane), 1944-2004, former owner.
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