Edward Lear, Jafa.
Signed with the monogram and dated 1884, further inscribed and dated ‘Feb. 17. 1867’, watercolour and bodycolour
9cm x 17cm (3.5in x 6.75in)
Travelling by ‘the grumpy roary groanery of camels’ across the desert, Lear arrived in Palestine in the spring of 1867 after visiting Egypt during the first months of that year.

The Saleroom.