Study of Trees. Original watercolor on paper by Edward Lear. Signed with monogram, lower left. Not dated.
Lear, working with John Gould, published three volumes of bird and animal drawings (see number 102). After his vision deteriorated, he supported himself as a landscape painter beginning in 1836. He produced many individual watercolor and oil paintings, and published seven illustrated travel books. The best known is Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, 1851.
Lear is one of England’s most important nineteenth century watercolorists. His artwork is on display in numerous art museums, especially in Great Britain and the United States.
