View of Civita Castellana with Mount Soracte in the distance

Details

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
View of Civita Castellana with Mount Soracte in the distance
signed and dated 'Edward Lear. del. 1839' (lower right) and further inscribed 'Civita Castellana.' (lower left) and 'Soracte' (lower right)
pencil, heightened with white, on buff paper
8 x 12¾ in. (20.3 x 32.5 cm.)

Provenance

with H. Shemilt, from whom purchased by the present owner.

Literature

L. Parris, The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, 1967, no. 105, p. 41, pl. 67.

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Lot Essay

The present drawing dates from Lear's first trip to Europe in 1837. He travelled initially with his sister Ann, who stayed with him until he reached Brussels. Then he passed into Luxembourg. At the beginning of September he was in Switzerland and later that month he crossed over the border into Italy. Civita Castellana is about thirty miles north of Rome, where Lear lived from 1838 to 1848. An oil painting of Mount Soracte by Lear, seen closer to, was in the possession of Dr. G.S. Brock in 1911.

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