Metzovo
About this artwork
Lear travelled to Metzovo, a town in the Pindus mountain range of north-western Greece in May 1849. It is a centre for Vlach culture and language, a dialect of Romanian. Two groups of Vlach sheep farmers are prominently placed in the foreground of this sketch. Lear had a keen interest in recording contemporary life and local costume. As with the majority of his travel sketches, this sheet is numbered in the lower right corner. Lear methodically numbered each drawing he produced on a tour, beginning a new number sequence when he moved on to another country.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) English
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title:Metzovo
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date created:1849
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materials:Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil on buff paper
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measurements:34.29 x 51.75 cm
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credit line:Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Gallery of Scotland, 2003
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accession number:D 5551.7
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Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Although now best known for his nonsense verse, Edward Lear was a superb draughtsman, a talented musician, an intrepid traveller and an outstanding landscape artist and travel writer. He was born in London and began to draw commercially at the age of sixteen. He developed a passion for travelling...