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Corfu

Oil Painting
ca. 1855-ca. 1863 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Lear, Edward (painter (artist))

Oil painting on paper of Corfu


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Landscapes
Object type
Oil painting
TitleCorfu (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 createdMay 2, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134413/corfu-oil-painting-lear-edward/
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