Edward Lear, Wady Halfa, Egypt.
Signed with the monogram and dated 1884, further inscribed and dated ‘Feb. 3, 1867, watercolour and bodycolour
9cm x 17cm (3.5in x 6.75in)
Walker Galleries, London;Christie’s, London, 26 January 1984, lot 178.
The present work closely relates to a watercolour of the same subject and date at the Yale Center for British Art (inv. no. B1997.7.191).
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