Edward Lear, Olive trees, Corfu.
Signed with monogram and inscribed and dated ‘Corfu / December / 17 / 1857’ (lower left); signed inscribed and dated ‘E Lear Corfu December 17 1857’ (lower right). Oil on board. 17 3⁄4 x 21 3⁄4 in. (45.5 x 55.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 15 July 1992, lot 77, where acquired by the present owner.
