Edward Lear
Mount Olympus from Larissa, Greece

ArtistBritish, 1812–1888
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Mount Olympus from Larissa, Greece
Datec. 1840s–1860s
MediumWatercolor over traces of graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 5 3/16 × 10 3/8 in. (13.2 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of John Kelvin Koelsch
Object number2017.119
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Provenance[Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, July 6, 2010, lot 261]; private collection, USA; [Guy Peppiatt, London, by 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
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