Cliff and Sea (Malta)
Edward Lear (Holloway 1812 – San Remo 1888)
Date
1866
Materials
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Place of origin
Malta
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769743
Summary
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper, Cliff and Sea at Malta, by Edward Lear (Holloway 1812 – San Remo 1888), 25 January 1866. A view of the coast at Malta, with cliffs giving onto bright blue sea, taken en plein air, inscribed by the artist in pen and ink bottom right.
Provenance
Presented by Derek Hill (1916 - 2000) through The National Art Collections Fund (Art Fund) in 1996
Credit line
Mottisfont Abbey,The Derek Hill Collection (presented to the National Trust through the National Art-Collections Fund in 1996)
Makers and roles
Edward Lear (Holloway 1812 – San Remo 1888), artist