LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Active Octavo which are eaten as bread

which are eaten as bread with meat or other foods

Atop the door is a glazed tripartite transom

rendered with the precision and tonal subtlety that define the work of one of the most important natural history illustrators of nineteenth century France

and George Hunter who list the coordinates for 21 towns

armed with letters of introduction from Ben- jamin West to leading citizens of that city

LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Active Octavo which are eaten as breadLEAR, Edward (British, 1812 1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Oil on canvas. Signed: "E. Lear, 1842" 9" x 17 1 2" canvas, 18 1 4" 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