Graphite, watercolour and gouache on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/edward-lear-337" aria-label="More by Edward Lear" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Edward Lear</a>
Back Hemicycle Looking on to Stadium Palatine
Presented by the Earl of Northbrook 1910
arch
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
classical
countries and continents
features
Italy
periods and styles
place of entertainment
places
places of entertainment
Rome, Palatine Hill
ruins
stadium
<p>In 1832, Lear became an ornithological draughtsman for the Earl of Derby, who kept a menagerie at Knowsley, Lancashire. In 1838, he wrote to the Earl from Italy: ‘As for Rome, (tho’ it is not Knowsley,) it is exquisite: its antiquity is my sole delight. Everybody is very kind and agreeable – and the artists and sculptors a very united body of people.’</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour gouache
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
2003-05-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-26
British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
Collection based display
1 February 2010 – 5 December 2010
2010-12-05
1 February 2010 – 11 April 2010
2010-04-11
2010-02-01
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Norwich, UK)
http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
2010-02-01
GBAD Watercolour in Britain
Loan-out
Back of the Hemicycle Looking on to the Stadium, Palatine
support: 298 × 175 mm
Presented by the Earl of Northbrook 1910
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<span class="text0">In 1832, Lear became an ornithological </span><span class="text12">draughtsman for the Earl of Derby, who</span><span class="text0"> kept a menagerie at Knowsley, Lancashire. </span><span class="text12">In 1838, he wrote to the Earl from Italy:  ‘</span><span class="text13">As for Rome, (tho’ it is not Knowsley,)</span><span class="text14"> it  is exquisite: its antiquity is my sole delight.      Everybody is very kind and agreeable –  and the artists and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptors</span></a>      a very united body of people.</span><span class="text0">’  </span>
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