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The image shows a landscape with mountains in the background. The brushstrokes are loose and capture the details of the trees and the building on the mountainside. The color palette is monochromatic, ranging from light gray to deep charcoal. A small figure is visible on a path.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Town on a Hilltop (Sanctuary of Lampedusa)
Edward Lear
- Date
- 1884/1885
- Medium
- gray wash with touches of pen and black ink on card
- Dimensions
- sheet: 15.3 × 21 cm (6 × 8 1/4 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2010.93.31
- Credit line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Tennyson Album
Subjects and terms
- Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
Provenance
Tennyson family (part of an album of 200 drawings illustrating Tennyson poems; this one no. 162); Tennyson Research Centre, Lincoln, until 1980. (Thos. Agnew and Sons, London, 1980, the album broken up and the drawings dispersed); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1984; gift to NGA, 2010.
NGA object ID 143727. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.