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Edward Lear

The Native Bazaar, Kanea, Crete

Maker

Edward Lear (English, 1812-1888)

Title

The Native Bazaar, Kanea, Crete

Year

dated 19 April 1864

Medium

  • watercolor,
  • pen and ink,
  • graphite,
  • and gouache on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • watercolor,
  • pen and ink,
  • graphite,
  • and gouache on wove paper

Materials

watercolor, white body color, ink

Dimensions

32.4 x 50.3 cm (12 3/4 x 19 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In brown ink, LR:Kanea Crete/19 April.9.AM.1864 (22) Ink notations throughout; at bottom:roofs gray-or

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

73.204.30

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Publications

  • Books

How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear: Watercolors by Edward Lear from Rhode Island Collections

Exhibition History

“Grisogorious Places”
Edward Lear’s Travels
Sep 14, 2012 – May 19, 2013

Label copy

In March 1864, Lear traveled from Corfu to Crete, where he wrote in his diary of his difficulty in sketching the bazaar due to the stream of Cretans going in and out. Lear’s shorthand method of depicting them here is unusual in his sketched oeuvre, as is his use of gouache and vibrant colors. Lear was not, in general, a fan of Crete, which he called a “sell” with little of interest except “that of [a] floral nature & the delight of the sweet morning air & thorough calm.” Part of his distaste for the island may have stemmed not from the place itself but from his recent forced departure from the exquisitely beautiful Corfu when Britain ceded sovereignty of the island to Greece.

British Watercolors
Sep 05, 1980 – Oct 12, 1980

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Edward Lear (English, 1812-1888)
The Native Bazaar, Kanea, Crete, dated 19 April 1864
Watercolor, pen and ink, graphite, and gouache on wove paper
32.4 x 50.3 cm (12 3/4 x 19 13/16 inches)
Anonymous gift 73.204.30

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