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The Cedars of Lebanon
by Edward Lear
Inscriptions
Inscribed, dated and numbered, lower right, in pen and brown ink: “The Cedars / Lebanon / 20. 21. May 1858 / (193)”; dated lower left, in graphite: “20. 20. May 1858”; inscribed center in graphite and pen and brown ink: “SNO / SNO / SNO”
Provenance
The artist to Franklin Lushington (1823–1901). Sir John Witt, by 1958 [London 1958]; to his son, Christopher Witt; and by descent to 2013. Sold by Lowell Libson, Ltd., London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.
Exhibition history
London, Arts Council, Edward Lear 1812–1888, 1958, p. 25, cat. 34, pl. IV. London, Gooden & Fox, Edward Lear 1812–1888, 1968, cat. 66 (on loan). London, The Fine Art Society, The Travels of Edward Lear, Oct. 17–Nov. 11, 1983, p. 43, cat. 86. London, Royal Academy of Arts, Edward Lear 1812–1888, 1985, p. 112, cat. 26, color illus. p. 70.
Publications
Vivien Noakes, The Painter Edward Lear (London, David and Charles, 1991), pp. 76–7 (color ill.). Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer (Gloucestershire, Sutton, 2004) (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Edward Lear / English, 1812-1888
- Date
- 1858
- Medium
- Watercolor, with pen and brown ink, over graphite, on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 36.5 × 55.1 cm (14 3/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- watercolor
- Place
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Suzanne Searle Dixon and Prints and Drawings Discretionary funds
- Accession no.
- 2018.61
More by Edward Lear in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00006177
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