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- Edward Lear 1812–1888
- Medium
- Watercolour, ink and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 235 × 321 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Art Fund (Herbert Powell Bequest) 1967
- Reference
- T01004
Catalogue entry
Edward Lear 1812–1888
T01004 Philates 1856
Inscribed ‘Philates [in Greek characters]. 13. Augt.1856. ‘ b. l.
Pen and ink and watercolour, 9¼ x 12¿ (23.5 x 32).
Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund from the Herbert Powell Bequest 1967.
Coll: Herbert Powell, entrusted to the N.A.C.F. 1929.
Exh: see Atkins T964.
The drawing is inscribed with numerous colour notes and, in the bottom left corner, the figure ‘50’. Philates is near the Adriatic coast of Greece, not far from the Albanian border.
Published in The Tate Gallery Report 1967–1968, London 1968.
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