1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Via Porta Pinciana, Rome is a 1850 ink by Edward Lear, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet street in Rome with old buildings on one side and ruins on the other. A lone woman stands near a doorway, while a tall tower with a flat roof looms behind a big tree. The ground is uneven, with scattered rocks and dirt, and a few steps lead up to a wooden gate. The artist used fine lines to show light and shadow, making the scene feel both detailed and dreamy. The mix of crumbling walls and everyday life hints at history blending with the present. Check out the technique: lithography to see how this image was made.
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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