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Finale

Edward Lear, 1864

LL 3977

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Works on paper

About this object

'Finale' was made during the winter of 1864 when Lear was in Nice. Shortly after his arrival in December he embarked on a walking trip along the coast of Italy. On 16 and 17 December he was in the town of Finale Ligure where, excited by the landscape, he wrote in his diary 'the rolling sea was magnificent'. He returned to Nice no later than New Years Eve 1864 with a folio of 144 drawings of the area. The Lady Lever watercolour, which represents the rocky Ligurian coastline with the town of Finale in the distance, is typical of the many thousands of vigorous, freely handled landscapes produced by Lear on his travels in the late 1840's.

Object specifics

  • Artist(s)
    Edward Lear (British: English, born:1812-05-12, died:1888-01-29)
  • Date
    1864
  • Materials
    Pencil; Pen; Sepia Ink; Watercolour; Gouache; Wove paper
  • Measurements
    36.5 cm x 54 cm
  • Physical description
    A loosely painted landscape of a rocky coastline on the left and sea on the right in blue and orange tones. A small town can be seen in the distance and mountains beyond. Annotated by the artist.
  • Related people
    Fine Art Society (Previous owner) ; Edward Lear (Artist/maker)
  • Credit line
    Purchased by the Trustees of the Lady Lever Art Gallery in 1946
  • Location
    Item not currently on display
  • Collection
    From the Lady Lever Art Gallery collections

Explore related

Publications

  • British Watercolours and Drawings: Lord Leverhulme's Collection in the Lady Lever Art Gallery

    Jessica Feather

    Author: Jessica Feather
    Publisher: Liverpool University Press & National Museums Liverpool
    Date: 2010
    Description: Lord Leverhulme's Collection catalogue of Watercolours and Drawings in the Lady Lever Art Gallery

Ownership

Previous owners

  • Fine Art Society

    Owned from: Unknown or unrecorded
    How acquired: Unknown or unrecorded
    Owned until: 1946
    Disposal method: Sold to the Trustees of the Lady Lever Art Gallery in 1946

Inscriptions

Item inscriptions

  • Inscription text: Finale / 4.30 P.M. & 11 AM / 16 + 17 December / 1864
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Lower left
  • Inscription text: Sea
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Lower left
  • Inscription text: "Splash" of / sea foam
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Lower left
  • Inscription text: 53
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Lower right
  • Inscription text: 52
    Inscription method: Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Lower right
  • Inscription text: White
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Centre; Front
  • Inscription text: black / grey / black / sharp black
    Inscription method: Ink
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Centre; Front
  • Inscription text: a green / okr earth / stone
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Lower left
  • Inscription text: Rusty
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Lower left
  • Inscription text: w. foam
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Lower left
  • Inscription text: oker / oker / gray / brown
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Centre; Front; Lower left
  • Inscription text: green / gray / pale / oker / far
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Upper left
  • Inscription text: wall / perpendikular
    Inscription method: Ink; Pencil
    Inscription note:
    Inscription location: Front; Left
Object view = Fine Art
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