Edward Lear, Temple Ruins in Athens (Zeus Olympic).
Pencil and watercolour. Inscribed and dated ‘8th of June 1848 Athens’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(20)’ (lower right). 9.5 x 34cm (3½ x 13¼ in.)

Provenance
The collection of Mrs M C Evelyn
Her sale, Sotheby’s, London, 23 November 1966, lot 277
Possibly Drouot, lot 185

Dreweatts.