Durrës fortress by the middle of the 19th century painted in watercolors by edward lear. The painting reflects the view of the city of durrës and its surrounding walls from the hill above where the adriatic sea is also in the background. Object Type: landscape. Date: 11 October 1848. Dimensions: height: 35 cm (13.7 in); width: 53.3 cm (20.9 in). Medium: watercolor and sepia over graphite. Fortress of Durrës by Edward Lear (1848)