La Piana

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Maker: Edward Lear, English, 1812-1888
Date: 1868
Medium: Watercolor and pen and brush and brown ink, over graphite, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 32.4 × 53.7 cm (12 13/16 × 21 3/16 in.)
Place of origin: England
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Helen Regenstein Collection

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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