Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio, Italy.
Dated and inscribed Porto Maurizio/9 AM/29 December 1864 (lower left), numbered  (114) (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes. Pen and ink, and watercolour, heightened with white. 32.9 x 49cm; 13 x 19¼in

In November 1864 Edward Lear left England to spend the winter in the Riviera. He and his mansevant Giorgio Kokali then undertook a walk to Genoa, before returning to Nice on New Years Eve. According to his diaries, on the day he drew the present work Lear travelled from Oneglia to Porto Maurizio and then onto San Remo.

The Saleroom.