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Edward Lear

Palaeocastritza, Corfu, dated 21 April 1862

Description

Maker

  • Edward Lear, 1812-1888, English

Title

Palaeocastritza, Corfu

Year

dated 21 April 1862

Medium

Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • watercolor,
  • pen and ink

Dimensions

23.5 x 32.1 cm (9 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous Gift

Object Number

70.118.32

Projects & Publications

Publications

RISD STEAM/Discovery Through Juxtaposition

Read Online

How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear

Watercolors by Edward Lear from Rhode Island Collections

Selection II

British Watercolors and Drawings from the Museum's Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

“Grisogorious Places”

September 14, 2012 - May 19, 2013

Corfu, a British colony from 1815 to 1863, served as Lear’s base for several years beginning in 1855, when his close friend Frederick Lushington served there as judge of the supreme court of the Ionian Islands. Although Lear found the beauty of the island astonishing, he disliked the large British presence there, calling it, in a letter to his sister, a “disorganised fiddlefaddle Poodly-pumpkin place.” This image of Paleocastritza, meaning “old castle,” typifies the complicated linear patterns frequently found in Lear’s studies, with multiple lines, cross-hatching, and shadow laid in with wash.

Selection II

April 13 - May 14, 1972

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