Artist
Edward Lear(British, 1812–1888)British, 1812–1888
CultureBritish
Titles
- Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, 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
Not on view
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Prints and DrawingsSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryBritish Drawings and Watercolours, Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd, London, 2016, cat. 59, illus. (exh. cat.).
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