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Edward LearEdward Lear, Early English drawing, Ostia near Rome1840
1840
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A beautifully drawn view of Ostia near Rome by one of the foremost 19th Century British artists and personalities.
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Ostia
Signed, inscribed and dated, Ostia/ Edward Lear del/ 30 April 1840
Pencil on blue paper
6 x 12 inches excluding mount and frame
14 x 19½ inches with the frame
Ostia was the port city of ancient Rome; it had a strategic function for trade, especially for the supply of grain, and as the main base of the Roman navy. It had a fundamental function during the Punic Wars, and after the final destruction of Carthage, and the end of Macedon's independence; by the latter half of the 2nd century BC, Roman control over all of what was later to be dubbed Mare Nostrum ("our sea") had been established.
Edward Lear was an English landscape painter who is more widely known as the writer of an original kind of nonsense verse and as the popularizer of the limerick. His true genius is apparent in his nonsense poems, which portray a world of fantastic creatures in nonsense words, often suggesting a deep underlying sense of melancholy. Their quality is matched, especially in the limericks, by that of his engaging pen-and-ink drawings.
The youngest of 21 children, Lear was brought up by his eldest sister, Ann, and from age 15 earned his living by drawing. He subsequently worked for the British Museum, made drawings of birds for the ornithologist John Gould, and, during 1832–37, made illustrations of the earl of Derby’s private menagerie at Knowsley, Lancashire. Lear had a natural affinity for children, and it was for the earl’s grandchildren that he produced his Book of Nonsense (1846, enlarged 1861). In 1835 he decided to become a landscape painter.
Lear struggled with epilepsy and melancholia all his life. After 1837 he lived mainly abroad. Though naturally timid, he was a constant and intrepid traveler, exploring Italy, Greece, Albania, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and, later, India and Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. An indefatigable worker, he produced innumerable pen and watercolor sketches of great topographical accuracy. He worked these up into the carefully finished watercolors and large oil paintings that were his financial mainstay. During his nomadic life he lived, among other places, at Rome, Corfu, and, finally, with his celebrated cat, Foss, at San Remo.
Lear published three volumes of bird and animal drawings, seven illustrated travel books (notably Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c., 1851), and four books of nonsense: Book of Nonsense mentioned earlier, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets (1871), More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. (1872), and Laughable Lyrics (1877)
Source: Brittanica
- Creator:Edward Lear (1812 - 1888, British)
- Creation Year:1840
- Dimensions:Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:Good, ready to hang condition.
- Gallery Location:Harkstead, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1481215517772
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