Edward Lear, Bocche di Cattaro (1866). Aberdeen Art Gallery.

Jennifer Melville, Lead Curator of the Aberdeen Art Gallery, will be giving a lunchtime talk on this picture on 30 May 2012, see the Bicentenary Events board for more information.

Meanwhile a View of Beirut (1861 ca.) by Edward Lear is on show at the Whitechapel Gallery in Simon Schama’s exhibition Travelling Light. See The Guardian, Financial Times.