LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Active Octavo rendered with the precision and

rendered with the precision and tonal subtlety that define the work of one of the most important natural history illustrators of nineteenth century France

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Spanish and Russian explorations in the region up to 1800

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LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Active Octavo rendered with the precision andLEAR, Edward (British, 1812 1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Oil on canvas. Signed: "E. Lear, 1842" 9" x 17 1 2" canvas, 18 1 4" x 26 1 4" framed. Provenance: Painted for Captain and Miss Phipps Hornby of Shooters Hill, Kent; Miss Edith Jones, and thence by descent. During the nineteenth century, artists and tourists alike flocked to Italy to observe the country's countless ruins and bask in its mythical golden sunlight. Edward Lear