LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Watercolor the president)

the president)

He had to bring the birds that circled overhead before his readers’ eyes with freshness and striking beauty

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seem to have far more part with me or I with them

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LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Watercolor the president)LEAR, Edward (British, 1812 1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Oil on canvas. Signed: "E. Lear, 1842" 9" x 17 1 2" canvas, 18 1 4" x 26 1 4" framed. Provenance: Painted for Captain and Miss Phipps Hornby of Shooters Hill, Kent; Miss Edith Jones, and thence by descent. During the nineteenth century, artists and tourists alike flocked to Italy to observe the country's countless ruins and bask in its mythical golden sunlight. Edward Lear