48 - W. CLARKE (1806–1865), The Lérins Islands near Cannes, around 1830, pencil

W. CLARKE (1806–1865), The Lérins Islands near Cannes, around 1830, pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire – 1865, Freiburg im Breisgau): Coastal landscape with a view of the Îles de Lérins near Cannes, c. 1830, pencil Technique: Washed pencil on paper Inscription: Inscribed lower left Date: c. 1830 Description: View of a lush, rocky coastal landscape (probably in southern France) with a view of the sea and some small islands off the coast. The drawing was created during a journey that took the English architect, cartographer, archaeological writer, art collector, numismatist, and literary translator William Barnard Clarke to France between 1838 and 1839 and later to Italy in 1839 Keywords: France; England; Great Britain; England; Architect; Coast; Sea; Landscape; Travel; Pencil; Drawing; 19th century; Romanticism; Landscape; France; Size: Paper: 11.6 cm x 16.7 cm (4.6 x 6.6 in) Condition: In fairly good condition. Margins somewhat browned; overall slightly browned; slightly soiled at the margins. Lower right corner missing. Irregularly trimmed.