Ancient gate of Alatri
| Reference: | S40666 |
| Author | Edward LEAR |
| Year: | 1841 |
| Zone: | Alatri |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 350 x 240 mm |
€225.00
| Reference: | S40666 |
| Author | Edward LEAR |
| Year: | 1841 |
| Zone: | Alatri |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 350 x 240 mm |
€225.00
Description
View of the city, taken from Views of Rome and its Environs, published to London by Thomas M’Lean, 1841.
Lear was an indefatigable and courageous traveller and sketched first in Europe in the Mediterranean and then in Egypt and the Middle East. He wanted to, as he put it, “topographise all the journeyngs of my life”. To mention only a few, he published Views of Rome and its Environs in 1841, two series of Illustrated Excursions in Italy, Journal of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, Views in seven Ionian Islands and finally Journal of Landscape Painter in Corsica in 1870.
The first of Lear’s travel books. Beginning in 1837 Lear spent several winters in Italy. “Views of Rome” records his first impressions of the land that was to become a second home to him. In these panoramic lithographs he is more concerned with the dramatic scenery around Rome than with the Holy City itself. Their freshness and size combine to make them his most successful topographical prints.
Tinted lithograph, very good condition.
Literature
Ray 91; Abbey Travel 183.
Edward LEAR (Holloway, Londra, 1812 - Sanremo, 1888)
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English painter, draughtsman, illustrator and writer. In the 1860s Lear described himself as ‘Greek Topographical Painter par excellence’, aspiring to the title of ‘Painter-Laureate and Boshproducing-Luminary forthwith’. This whimsical summary of his versatile activities as topographical draughtsman, oil painter, traveller, writer and illustrator of nonsense rhymes and stories is typical of Lear’s idiosyncratic literary style. It reflected his eccentric personality. He was epileptic and prone to fits of deep depression. In addition, owing to family misfortunes, he was brought up by his eldest sister Ann. The neglect of his mother, ill-health, weak sight and poverty all contributed to a lifelong sense of insecurity.
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Edward LEAR (Holloway, Londra, 1812 - Sanremo, 1888)
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English painter, draughtsman, illustrator and writer. In the 1860s Lear described himself as ‘Greek Topographical Painter par excellence’, aspiring to the title of ‘Painter-Laureate and Boshproducing-Luminary forthwith’. This whimsical summary of his versatile activities as topographical draughtsman, oil painter, traveller, writer and illustrator of nonsense rhymes and stories is typical of Lear’s idiosyncratic literary style. It reflected his eccentric personality. He was epileptic and prone to fits of deep depression. In addition, owing to family misfortunes, he was brought up by his eldest sister Ann. The neglect of his mother, ill-health, weak sight and poverty all contributed to a lifelong sense of insecurity.
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