Clipped signature beneath an albumen print, circa 1860, clipped signature ‘Yrs. sincerely, Edward Lear’ in brown ink, mount aperture 3.3 x 5.5 cm, with albumen print of a seated Edward Lear with entourage in front of an encampment, mount aperture 20 x 28 cm, with another similar albumen print of Lear displayed to verso, framed and glazed, frame 38.5 x 45 cm.

The photograph might have been taken during Edward Lear’s trip to Petra.

Here is the whole framed item:

The Saleroom.