Omegna, Lago d’Orta

Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

Pencil, pen and ink and wash on paper

2 June 1867

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Italy
    City: Rome
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    Edward Lear, best known for nonsense verse and limericks, was also a topographical landscape painter, musician, travel writer, ornithological and natural history draughtsman and an illustrator. Largely self-taught as a painter, he began by drawing animals at Knowsley Hall menagerie; later moving to landscape painting. He lived in Italy from 1837 to 1848, returning briefly when Queen Victoria requested twelve drawing lessons. He later studied at the Royal Academy Schools (1850-51). In 1852 he was introduced to William Holman Hunt, whose paintings became a great influence. From the early 1860s, Lear’s reputation as a landscape painter declined, perhaps partly a result of the mass-produced watercolours he made, which he called ‘Tyrants’.
  • Explore
    Places
    Italy, Lago d'Orta, Omegna
    Subjects
    topography, landscape C19th, grass, tree, lake, mountain, man, woman, path, church, spire
    Materials & Techniques
    paper (as artists material), pencil, ink, wash drawing, pen and ink drawing, wash
  • Details
    Artist
    Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
    Title
    Omegna, Lago d’Orta
    Date
    2 June 1867
    Medium
    Pencil, pen and ink and wash on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 36.70 cm, width: 55.40 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased November 1946
    Inscription
    bl: 8.30 AM. to 10.AM / Omegna / Lago d'Orta. June 2.1867 ; br corner: (217) ; extensive colour notes
    GAC number
    264