Edward Lear
Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

ArtistBritish, 1812–1888
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
Datec. 1840s–1860s
MediumWatercolor over pen and ink and 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[Sotheby’s, London, Old Master and British Drawings, July 6, 2010, lot 261 (as “Property of a Gentleman”)]; private collection, USA; [Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd, London, by 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition HistoryBritish Drawings and Watercolours, Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd, London, 2016, cat. 59, illus. (exh. cat.).
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