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Edward Lear (1812-1888) - Pencil drawing - Goats, near Sorrento 1840

Artist: Edward Lear (All)

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Edward Lear (1812-1888) - Pencil drawing - Goats, near Sorrento 1840 Comic Art

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The larger artwork, called �1839 Sorrento� - black crayon heightened with white opaque watercolour

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Title:	Edward Lear (1812-1888) - Pencil drawing - Goats, near Sorrento 1840
Artist:	Edward Lear (All)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	145
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	5/8/2024
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Artist: Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Title: Near Sorrento 1840, May 18.
Medium: Pencil, heightened with white on grey paper
Size: 140mm x 190mm
Signed: no
Inscription: On the front in pencil �Near Sorrento 1840. May 18�
Notes:
Goats resting on the hill. This section is also part of a larger artwork, called �1839 Sorrento� - black crayon heightened with white opaque watercolour on paper 26 x 41.3 cm, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

Image here https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2017/03/edward-lear-part-4.html
With that artwork being done first, I presume Lear decided to use the Goat section for something, and drew it again.
Published?
Edward Lear�s published works:
1841 Views in Rome and its Environs � not viewed the book interiors
1846 Illustrated Excursions in Italy � not in
*Edward Lear travelled throughout Italy, staying primarily in Rome, for a period of over four years between 1837 and 1841. During this time he built up a collection of landscape sketches which he used in the first and largest of his published travel books, Views of Rome and its Environs published in 1841 by Thomas M�Lean.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/8/2024

Brings the calming feel of the old country into focus. It's taking a step back so we can appreciate life without the hustle of the rat race and observe how these goats and their peaceful existance.

Steel Shredder
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 5/9/2024

Marcus Wai wrote:

Brings the calming feel of the old country into focus.� It's taking a step back�so we can appreciate life without the hustle of the rat race and observe how these goats and their peaceful existance.

Yes he must have loved his times in Italy as he was there a lot between 1837 and the 1840s. Goats actually feature in a few of his landscapes. This may be a reduced image that was published in the 1841 Views in Rome and its Environs book, but I have not viewed this book interiors yet.

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