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Canea, Crete

Artist Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888)
Date1864
DimensionsH: 7 1/2 in. (17.8 cm); W: 21 1/16 in. (58.5 cm)
MediumWatercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on cream paper
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1958.34
Not on View
Published ReferencesStebbins, Theodore E., "Luminism in Context: a New View" in American Light, Washington, National Gallery, 1980, p. 219, repr. fig. 231 (not in exhibition).

Fowler, Rowena, ed., Edward Lear: the Cretan Journal, Athens, 1984, repr. p. 29.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Transparent Color, May 3-August 25, 2002.

Toledo Museum of Art, Earthly Beauty, May 29-Sept. 6, 2015.

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