View From The Village Of Galaro-Zante

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Artist/Maker	Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (printers) Edward Lear (artist)
Place of origin	London (printed)

Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, with additional colouring by hand and light embossing, depicting a view from a village on Zakinthos, in the Ionian islands. Signed with the monogram EL, lettered with title, and 'Edward Lear, delt. et lith. Day & Son, Lithr.s. to the Queen'. Numbered 17.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Lithograph
Title	View From The Village Of Galaro-Zante (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, with additional colouring by hand and light embossing Paper Printing Lithography Embossing Colouring
Brief description	Hand-coloured lithograph by Edward Lear entitled 'View From The Village Of Galaro-Zante', plate 17 from a set of 20 from E. Lear, 'Views in the Seven Ionian Islands'. Printed in Britain, 1863.
Physical description	Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, with additional colouring by hand and light embossing, depicting a view from a village on Zakinthos, in the Ionian islands. Signed with the monogram EL, lettered with title, and 'Edward Lear, delt. et lith. Day & Son, Lithr.s. to the Queen'. Numbered 17.
Dimensions	Height: 23.7 cm Width: 36.5cm Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted	Islands Rural Villages
Places depicted	Zakinthos Ionian Greece
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.352

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1106705/view-from-the-village-of-lithograph-edward-lear/

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