All the oil paintings of Lear, Edward

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ID	Image	Painting(From A to Z)	Details
19132		Civita Castellana	1844, oil on canvas.
89647		Civita Castellana	Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated. 14 x 21 3/4 in (36 x 55.2 cm). Date 1844(1844) cjr
39861		Fan Palms at Arrah,Shahabad District,Bihar	mk153 Watercolor on paper 10.8x15.1cm
19133		Nuneham	1860, oil on canvas
19134		The Pyramids Road	Ghizeh, 1873, oil on canvas.
39859		The Rocks of the Narbada River at Bheraghat Jubbulpore	mk153 Watercolor on paper 10.9x13.9cm
27983		The Temple of Bassae or Phigaleia,in Arcadia from the Oakwoods of Mount Cotylium.The Hills of Sparta,Ithome and Navarino in the Distance	1854 Oil on canvas 146.4 x 229.5cm(57 3/4 x 90 1/2in) Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge (mk63)

Lear, Edward
English Painter and Illustrator, 1818-1888 English painter, draughtsman, illustrator and writer. In the 1860s Lear described himself as 'Greek Topographical Painter par excellence', aspiring to the title of 'Painter-Laureate and Boshproducing-Luminary forthwith' (quoted in 1983 exh. cat., p. 14). This whimsical summary of his versatile activities as topographical draughtsman, oil painter, traveller, writer and illustrator of nonsense rhymes and stories is typical of Lear's idiosyncratic literary style. It reflected his eccentric personality. He was epileptic and prone to fits of deep depression. In addition, owing to family misfortunes,