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Mount Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling

Edward Lear British
1877
Not on view

This monumental picture depicts a peak in the Himalayas, the third tallest in the world, which Lear visited in January 1874 at the invitation of the British viceroy in India. The painting is commensurate with the artist’s appraisal of the mountain as "god-like and stupendous," one that "at sunrise is a glory not to be forgotten" and in the afternoon "is apt to become a wonderful hash of Turneresque colour and mist and space." In addition to referring to drawings made on location, Lear was inspired by American painter Frederic Edwin Church’s 1859 canvas Heart of the Andes (on view in Gallery 760).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mount Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling
  • Artist: Edward Lear (British, London 1812–1888 San Remo)
  • Date: 1877
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 73 in. × 9 ft. 4 1/16 in. (185.4 × 284.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Promised Gift of Annette de la Renta, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary
  • Object Number: EP Lear
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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