LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Via Appia, Rome. ca. 1842. Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne "colemines"

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LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Via Appia, Rome. ca. 1842. Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne "colemines"Edward Lear (British, 1812 1888)The Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Via Appia, RomeOil on canvasSigned "1842 Ed Lear"9" x 17 1 2" canvas, 18 1 2" x 26 1 4" framed Provenance: Painted for Captain and Miss Phipps Hornby of Shooters Hill, Kent; Miss Edith Jones, and thence by descent. During the nineteenth century, artists and tourists alike flocked to Italy to observe the country's countless ruins and bask in its mythical golden sunlight. Edward Lear