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Veduta della città tratta da ' Views of Rome and its Environs ' pubblicato a Londra da Thomas M'Lean nel 1841. Lear fu infaticabile e coraggioso viaggiatore, eseguì schizzi prima in Europa nel Mediterraneo poi in Egitto e nel Medio Oriente. Egli voleva, come si espresse, “topographise all the journeyngs of my life”. Per citare sommariamente, pubblicò ' Views of Rome and its Environs ' nel 1841, due serie di ' Illustrated Excursions in Italy, Journal of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, Views in seven Ionian Islands ' e ' Journal of Landscape Painter ' in Corsica ' nel 1870. Il ' Views of Rome and its Environs ' è il primo dei suoi libri di viaggio. A partire dal 1837 Lear trascorse diversi inverni in Italia. "Views of Rome" registra le sue prime impressioni sulla terra che sarebbe diventata una seconda casa per lui. In queste litografie panoramiche è più interessato al drammatico scenario intorno a Roma che alla Città Santa stessa; senza dubbio le sue stampe topografiche di maggior successo. Litografia tinta, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Bibliografia Ray 91; Abbey Travel 183. View of the city, taken from ' Views of Rome and its Environs, published to London by Thomas M’Lean, 1841. Lear was an indefatigable and courageous traveller and sketched first in Europe in the Mediterranean and then in Egypt and the Middle East. He wanted to, as he put it, “topographise all the journeyngs of my life”. To mention only a few, he published ' Views of Rome and its Environs ' in 1841, two series of ' Illustrated Excursions in Italy, Journal of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, ' Views in seven Ionian Islands ' and finally ' Journal of Landscape Painter in Corsica ' in 1870. The first of Lear’s travel books. Beginning in 1837 Lear spent several winters in Italy. “Views of Rome” records his first impressions of the land that was to become a second home to him. In these panoramic lithographs he is more concerned with the dramatic scenery around Rome than with the Holy City itself. Their freshness and size combine to make them his most successful topographical prints. Tinted lithograph, very good condition. Literature Ray 91; Abbey Travel 183. Cfr.