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Lear visited Palestine in 1858 and spent a fortnight making careful studies of Jerusalem from the surrounding hills. These formed the basis for five paintings, of which this is the largest and most magnificent. It was made for Samuel Price Edwards, a close friend, on his retirement from the Customs at Liverpool in 1865. The view is dominated by the Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock, and the Mount of Olives to the left.

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Oxford

Title

Jerusalem

Date

1865

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 121 x W 199.5 cm (E)

Accession number

WA2006.26

Acquisition method

Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estates of Captain and Mrs L. E. D. Walthall and allocated to the Ashmolean Museum, 2006

Work type

Painting

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

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Artist or maker

Edward Lear

1812–1888

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