Corfu

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Lear, Edward (painter (artist))

Oil painting on paper of Corfu

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Categories	Paintings Landscapes
Object type	Oil painting
Title	Corfu (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Oil on paper Oil Paint Paper Oil Painting
Brief description	Oil painting, Corfu, by Edward Lear, c. 1855-63
Physical description	Oil painting on paper of Corfu
Dimensions	Approx. height: 24.7cm Approx. width: 34.8cm Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles	British School Victorian
Credit line	Given by Mr. Howard Bliss, through the National Art-Collections Fund
Object history	Given by Mr. Howard Bliss, through the National Art-Collections Fund
Place depicted	Corfu
Bibliographic references	Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 154 Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.19-1946

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Record created	May 2, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134413/corfu-oil-painting-lear-edward/

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