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

Map of the Proposed Northern Route for a Railroad to the Pacific

circa 1849-1850

whose great exponent had been Inigo Jones (1573–1652)

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

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