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)

EDL023 - Edward Lear: Berat in central Albania, with oxcarts at the river and the town and fortress in the background, 15 October 1848. “At length the celebrated fortress of Berát appeared - dark blue, and diminutive, on a pointed hill. Approaching the capital of Central Albania - a place I had so long desired to see - every step leads into grander scenes. The river Apsus or Beratino is repassed on a stone bridge, and the road winds over the plain on the banks of the wide stream, through a tract of country of the finest character.” Edward Lear in Albania (London 2008), p. 91.