愛德華·利爾's most famous painting is Cogoleto, Italy. With Crescenza and Blue And Yellow Macaw, it completes the three works everyone recognises. Our catalogue lists 419 works by 愛德華·利爾; the 100 below are the ones the world looks at most, each with its year, the museum that holds it and why it matters.
Ranked by our popularity score, which combines the searches, visits and orders for each work. Updated October 2026. Every masterpiece on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, at the size you choose.
The sun rests upon a sandy shore in Cogoleto, Italy. A mountain rises in the background, its silhouette watching over the water. Along the edge of the sea, small figures move through the light. Some people gather near the tide, while others linger further away, lost in the vastness of the landscape. A single dog wanders toward the right, a small presence against the expanse of the beach. The scene…
The ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae emerge from a rugged landscape, defined by heavy stone columns that support a weathered roof structure. In the foreground, the primary temple dominates the view, its pillars standing as silent witnesses to a lost era. Beyond this central structure, two smaller temples are visible in the distance, partially obscured by the natural terrain. The composition places the viewer amidst a scattering…
Edward Lear's "Philae, Egypt, 1863" isn’t merely a landscape painting; it’s a portal. A meticulously rendered vista of the ancient Egyptian island city of Philae, nestled within the…
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In the quiet majesty of The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso, we are invited to stand upon a precipice of history and nature. Created in 1880 by…
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Between Olavano and Civitella by Edward Lear presents a serene and atmospheric landscape. In the right foreground, a large, detailed tree dominates the composition, its heavy branches extending…
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Edward Lear’s Thermopylae: A Landscape of Quiet Resolve Edward Lear (1812–1888), a figure largely remembered for his delightfully absurd verse and whimsical illustrations—particularly “The Owl and the Pussy…
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In his 1872 masterpiece, Thermopylae, Edward Lear invites the viewer to step beyond the boundaries of the everyday and into a realm where the majesty of the earth…
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The four subjects that return most often among these masterpieces, with the finest example of each.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by 愛德華·利爾 | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 耶鲁英国艺术中心 |
纽黑文 | 16 | Philae, Egypt, Between Olavano and Civitella, A Study of Ferns, Civitella |
 Government Art Collection |
伦敦 | 5 | View of Florence from Villa San Firenze, A View of Adam's Peak, Ceylon |
 阿什莫利博物馆 |
Oxford | 3 | The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso, Thermopylae |
 以色列博物馆 |
耶路撒冷 | 2 | View of Bethlehem, Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives |
 Fitzwilliam 学院 |
Cambridge | 1 | The Temple of Apollo at Bassae |
 布里斯托博物馆与美术馆 |
布里斯托 | 1 | The Mountains of Thermopylae |
 托莱多艺术博物馆 |
托莱多 | 1 | Venosa |
 Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art |
普罗维登斯 | 1 | Corfu from near the Village of Virós |
Between Olavano and Civitella by Edward Lear presents a serene and atmospheric landscape. In the right foreground, a large, detailed tree dominates the composition, its heavy branches extending…
Edward Lear's "Philae, Egypt, 1863" isn’t merely a landscape painting; it’s a portal. A meticulously rendered vista of the ancient Egyptian island city of Philae, nestled within the…
In the quiet majesty of The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso, we are invited to stand upon a precipice of history and nature. Created in 1880 by…
Cogoleto, Italy. Next come Crescenza and Blue And Yellow Macaw.
Cogoleto, Italy, Crescenza, Blue And Yellow Macaw, View of Taormina in Sicily with Etna in the distance, View of Bethlehem, The Pyramids of Ghizeh, The Temple of Apollo at Bassae, Plains Of Ashdod, Israel, View Of Eze, Italy and Ithaca, Ionian Islands. The ranking above gives the year and the museum of each.
Our catalogue lists 419 works by 愛德華·利爾, dated from 1839 to 1884.
Most of them are in 耶鲁英国艺术中心 (纽黑文), Government Art Collection (伦敦) and 阿什莫利博物馆 (Oxford). The table above lists the museums one by one.
In 1860s: 14 of the 100 works on this page date from then, among them Philae, Egypt.
The earliest on this page is Civita Castellana (1839), the latest Argos from Mycene (1884).
Landscape (11), Scenes (11) and Italy (11), among the 100 works on this page.
Watercolor: 2 of the 100 works on this page.
Romanticism, as the paintings on this page show.
Philae, Egypt, Between Olavano and Civitella and A Study of Ferns, Civitella are among the 14 works on this page held by the 耶鲁英国艺术中心, 纽黑文.
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.
