Edward Lear, Amalfi (Melfi?), Italy (September 1867)

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Amalfi, Italy, Sept. 1847.
Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 4 ½ x 6 in. (11.4 x 15.5 cm.)

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1 Response to Edward Lear, Amalfi (Melfi?), Italy (September 1867)

  1. Benes, Miroslava M says:
    June 27, 2024 at 4:17 pm

    Dear Marco,

    This lovely work by Edward Lear is actually of Melfi, in the province of Potenza, in the region of Basilicata in southern Italy. The inscription by Lear does read “Melfi,” not Amalfi, and proof is in the very geometric forms and towers of the castle on the hill of Melfi, which Lear represents. No sea is apparent, as at Amalfi. I attach a photo of the town of Melfi with the castle on the hill.

    With very best wishes,

    Mirka Benes
    University of Texas at Austin

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