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Anti-Lebanon and Mount Hermon

Edward Lear, 1858

WAG 8162

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Works on paper

About this object

This is one of Lear's finished drawings, possibly intended for a patron or for sale. Lear took a vast tour of Palestine in 1858 and later 'found tranquillity and rest ' in the mountains of Lebanon. Mount Hermon is situated on the border of Lebanon and Syria. Lear chronichled his travels extrensively and described this mountain range as a 'kind of Orientalized Swiss scenery'.

Object specifics

  • Other title(s)
    Anti Lebanon and Mount Hermon
  • Artist(s)
    Edward Lear (British: English, born:1812-05-12, died:1888-01-29)
  • Date
    1858
  • Materials
    Pen; Ink; Watercolour; Gouache; Paper
  • Measurements
    17.6 x 37.5 cm
  • Physical description
    A landscape view over mount Hermon and the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Figures in the foreground gaze across the valley to the majestic mountains in the distance.
  • Related people
    Cecil Francis Joseph Beausire (Previous owner); Fine Art Society (Previous owner); Edward Lear (Artist/maker)
  • Other number(s)
    WAG Inventory Number: 8162
  • Credit line
    Bequeathed to the Walker Art Gallery by C F J Beausire in 1972
  • Location
    Item not currently on display
  • Collection
    From the Walker Art Gallery collections

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Publications

  • English Watercolours in the Collection of C F J Beausire

    Edward Morris

    Author: Edward Morris
    Publisher: Walker Art Gallery, Printed by Elliot Bros. & Yeoman Ltd.
    Date: 1970
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Ownership

Previous owners

  • Fine Art Society

    Owned from: Unknown or unrecorded
    How acquired: Unknown or unrecorded
    Owned until: Unknown or unrecorded
    Disposal method: Unknown or unrecorded

  • Cecil Francis Joseph Beausire

    Owned from: Unknown or unrecorded
    How acquired: Unknown or unrecorded
    Owned until: 1972
    Disposal method: Bequeathed to the Walker Art Gallery in 1972

Inscriptions

Item inscriptions

  • Inscription text: 7681/0/85
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    Inscription location: Backing
  • Inscription text: EL (in monogram)
    Inscription method:
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    Inscription location: Front
  • Inscription text: Fine Art Society / 113 / April 1964 / circa 1858
    Inscription method: Label
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    Inscription location: Back
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