Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto, Rome.
Indistinctly inscribed (lower left) and further inscribed ‘The sketch/ on the other side/ taken from below the Ponte Rotto – a bit/ of which is on the left corner.’ (verso) pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on pale blue paper 5 7/8 x 9 ¼ in. (14.7 x 23.5 cm.).