Edward Lear, ‘Ravello, 9 June 1844’.
Pen and ink, 16 x 12cm, mounted but unframed.
Lear was in the area on Ravello on this date, evidenced by other works from June 1844 including pen sketch of Amalfi inscribed and dated ‘Amalfihi/8. June. 1844’ sold Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 21 March 2017, lot 15. Harvard University hold a sketch undertaken at Positano dated 12 June 1844.
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