1867
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
San Marino 6.40 AM. May 8. 1867 is a 1867 watercolor by Edward Lear, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a landscape with a mountain in the distance. The mountain is light-colored and has a flat top. In front of the mountain, there are trees and hills. The sky is light-colored with some clouds. The painting is done in watercolor, which gives it a soft look. The colors are mostly light, with some darker shades in the trees and hills. The overall effect is one of calmness and serenity. If you like this painting, you might also like the work of other Impressionist artists.
The sketch depicts the city of San Marino as observed on May 8, 1867, and is inscribed with the location and date.
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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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