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Edward Lear

“The tree, stands in the sun, and shadows all beneath,” Calcutta, India,

Maker

  • Edward Lear

Title

“The tree, stands in the sun, and shadows all beneath,” Calcutta, India

Medium

wash technique, ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Lithograph with pen and brown ink and wash,
  • and graphite on wove paper

Techniques

  • Lithograph with pen and brown ink and wash,
  • and graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

26 x 52.4 cm (10 1/4 x 20 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

18./The tree, stands in the sun, and shadows all beneath/Calcutta (India)

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

71.153.56

drawing

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

18./The tree, stands in the sun, and shadows all beneath/Calcutta (India)

Publications

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

“Grisogorious Places”

September 14, 2012 - May 19, 2013

Selection II

April 13 - May 14, 1972
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