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)

  EDL015 - Edward Lear: Abdullah Bey of Shkodra (Scutari) in northern Albania, 5 October 1848. “Early I went to the Consul’s, to make a drawing of a Gheghe chief, Abdulláh Bey, who was magnificently attired in a full suit of scarlet and gold.” Edward Lear in Albania (London 2008), p. 70. EDL016 - Edward Lear: Calliope Bonatti, second daughter of the British vice-consul in Shkodra (Scutari), Albania, posing in native costume, first view, 6 October 1848. “[Afterwards I made a drawing] of Calliope Bonatti, the Consul’s second daughter, a very pretty girl, who good-naturedly sat to me in a bridal Scutarine dress, which Madame Bonatti had most obligingly borrowed.” Edward Lear in Albania (London 2008), p. 70.