Albania in the Painting of Edward Lear (1848)

Albanien in der Kunst des Malers Edward Lear (1848)

Pikturat shqiptare të Eduard Lirit (Edward Lear, 1848)

EDL002 - Edward Lear: View of Ohrid (Akhrida) in Macedonia, 23 September 1848. “Soon a new world charmed the eye, and on arriving at the edge of the western face of this high ridge, the beautiful plain and lake of Akhridha burst, as it were, into existence; gilded in the setting sun, and slumbering below hills, forest, and snow, piled up and mingled with cloud midway in heaven. It is scarcely possible to dream of finer scenes than these, their beauty perhaps enhanced by grand storm effects, which gave them more than ordinary magic of colour and variety of interest.” Edward Lear in Albania (London 2008), p. 28.