1860
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Jerusalem is a 1860 watercolor by Edward Lear, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a wide, dry landscape with rolling hills and a distant city. Two small figures stand on a rocky cliff edge, looking out over the scene. The colors are soft—pale blues, warm browns, and muted greens—with a hazy sky above. The artist used light brushstrokes to blend colors, making the scene feel airy. The distant city looks small but detailed, tucked into the hills. Next, check out Realism to see how artists captured everyday scenes like this.
A watercolour depiction of Jerusalem was created by Edward Lear in 1858, with the artist’s monogram and the date 1862 included in the signature.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised but which term he never used.
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