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Edward Lear

Capo di Noli, from Capo Basteggi, 1864

Description

Maker

  • Edward Lear, 1812-1888, English

Title

Capo di Noli, from Capo Basteggi

Year

1864

Medium

Brush and watercolor and pen and ink on blue wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pen and ink,
  • watercolor

Supports

  • Blue wove paper

Dimensions

17 x 50.3 cm (6 11/16 x 19 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in ink, LR corner:Capo di Noli from Capo Basteggi/11 A. M. 26 Decembr (br superscribed) - 1864

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

81.171.8

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 10

Polychrome
Read Online

How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear

Watercolors by Edward Lear from Rhode Island Collections

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty

February 3 - July 8, 2012

Throughout a two-month walking tour from Nice to Genoa in late 1864, Edward Lear produced large sketches of the dramatic topography along the Northern Italian coast, including this view of Cape Noli. He inscribed each drawing with the precise date, time, and location at which it was made (here misspelling the name of the town Bergeggi as “Basteggi”). Based on detailed and poetic notes describing the colors of the light and landforms, he later added the lush blue and purple tones in watercolor. Lear first visited Italy in 1837, returning often and publishing illustrated accounts of these rambles and explorations. The immediacy of his sketches reveals the persistent pleasure he found in firsthand study of the countryside, and his vibrant colors lend an exotic tint to Italy’s natural beauty.

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