Among other travels, he visited Greece and Egypt during 1848–49 and toured India during 1873–75, including a brief detour to Ceylon. While travelling he produced large quantities of coloured wash drawings in a distinctive style, which he converted later in his studio into oil and watercolour paintings, as well as prints for his books.Andrew Wilton & Anne Lyles, The Great Age of British Watercolours (1750–1880), p. 318, 1993, Prestel, His landscape style often shows views with strong sunlight, with intense contrasts of colour.Hofer, Philip. 1967. Edward Lear as a landscape draughtsman. Cambridge: Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Among other travels, he visited Greece and Egypt during 1848–49 and toured India during 1873–75, including a brief detour to Ceylon. While travelling he produced large quantities of coloured wash drawings in a dist,inctive style, which he converted later in his studio into oil and watercolour paintings, as well as prints for his books.Andrew Wilton & Anne Lyles, The Great Age of British Watercolours (1750–1880.), p 318 1993, Prestel, His landscape style often shows views with strong sunlight, with intense contrasts of colour.Hofer, Philip. 1967. Edward Lear as a landscape draughtsman. Cambridge: Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.