Edward LearBritish, 1812–1888View of Ceriana
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Not on view at present
Where is “View of Ceriana” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1983.53.1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Edward Lear
The whole lifefrom 1870, at least
The heart disease that would kill him
Lear had heart disease from at least 1870; it was the cause of his death in 1888.
1870
“Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica” is published
In 1870 Lear’s travel journal on Corsica, Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, was published.
1870s
Settles in San Remo at the Villa Tennyson
In the 1870s Lear settled in San Remo, on his beloved Mediterranean coast, in a villa he named Villa Tennyson.
1871
A collection of nonsense songs, stories and alphabets appears
In 1871 Lear published Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, which included the nonsense song “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat”, written for the children of his patron Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby.
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