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Edward Lear

Hardwar, India

1875
Watecolor over pencil, heightened with white

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Describing this site, Edward Lear wrote in his 1874 journal: The beauty of the pagodas and shrines and houses here is indescribable, and the whole scene is perhaps the most beautiful I have seen anywhere in India .

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