About this artwork

Lear was deeply attached to the landscape of Corfu, in the Ionian Islands, which he called ‘the loveliest place in the world’. He travelled all over the island in search of picturesque views to sketch. Kandoni was an estate on the southern outskirts of Corfu town. This panoramic sketch was drawn on 28 April 1862, when Lear recorded that the weather was ‘perfectly enchanting’. Pale yellow and green washes suggest the golden spring light. His inscriptions note ‘Cushions of / wild artichokes or Acanthus/ Earth bank weedy / but the Asphodel flowers are nearly all gone’.

Updated before 2020

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Edward Lear

Edward Lear