Edward Lear
The “Gombo,” Pisa

The “Gombo,” Pisa

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The “Gombo,” Pisa
ArtistBritish, 1812–1888
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The “Gombo,” Pisa
DateSeptember 10, 1883
Place depictedPisa, Italy
MediumWatercolor over pen and ink and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 13 7/8 in. (21.4 × 35.3 cm)
 Sheet: 8 7/16 × 13 7/8 in. (21.4 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Adele Birdsall Houghton, and her parents, Dorothy Knox and Tom Houghton
Object number2017.1
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Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[James Mackinnon, Midhurst, West Sussex], by 2016; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition Historynot published
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed and dated in pen, lower left edge: The "Gombo"--Pisa. 8-8:30 am 10 Sept. 1883
Recto: Inscribed in pen, scattered across sheet: green...dark...shades on broken earth...green...S. Sky...soft...S...far green...8.30...camel...red gray...ready...earth
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Watermark: none
Catalogue raisonnénot published
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