About this artwork
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artist:Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) English
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title:View of the Bay of Ragusa, now called Dubrovnik
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Watercolour heightened with white on paper
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measurements:16.80 x 26.30 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Miss Helen Barlow Bequest 1976
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accession number:D 5023.28
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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...