Edward Lear
1812-1888
Woman with Two Children in a Landscape
4 7/16 x 3 3/8 inches (113 x 86 mm)
Pen and brown ink with pink, blue and orange watercolor on paper.
2009.189
The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
Notes
This pen and ink drawing, with figures painted in watercolor, dates to Edward Lear's first trip to Italy in 1837. Lear was sent to Rome by his patron Lord Stanley, later 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869), and during this sojourn he not only visited Rome, but also Corfu, and San Remo. Lear probably encountered this loving mother and two children wearing local costume during this period
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in lower left corner, in pen and brown ink, "E L.1831 / Famiglia di Pecorasi".
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
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Century Drawings
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