LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Via Appia, Rome. ca. 1842. Huard Wilkes returned to New York

Wilkes returned to New York Harbor with only two of his six ships and a mountain of ethnographic

and political dynamics of North America in the mid-19th century

It is fitting

He also held mathematic chairs at Ingolstadt and Innsbruck and was known as an able astronomer

and Lake St

LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Via Appia, Rome. ca. 1842. Huard Wilkes returned to New YorkEdward Lear (British, 1812 1888)The Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Via Appia, RomeOil on canvasSigned "1842 Ed Lear"9" x 17 1 2" canvas, 18 1 2" x 26 1 4" framed Provenance: Painted for Captain and Miss Phipps Hornby of Shooters Hill, Kent; Miss Edith Jones, and thence by descent. During the nineteenth century, artists and tourists alike flocked to Italy to observe the country's countless ruins and bask in its mythical golden sunlight. Edward Lear