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Edward Lear, Peacock
Edward Lear, Peacock. Watercolor On Paper. 9″ x 7″ sheet, 17 3/4″ x 15 3/4″. MutualArt.
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Edward Lear, A Pair of Birds on a Tree Branch
Edward Lear, a Pair of Birds on a Tree Branch. Pencil, Watercolor And Bodycolor, Heightened With Gum-Arabic And Gold Paint. 7″ x 5″ sheet. MutualArt.
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Edward Lear, Albetone, Monte Modino (1883)
Edward Lear, Albetone, Monte Modino (1883). The Saleroom.
Edward Lear, Study of a red and yellow macaw, Macrocercus Aracanga
Edward Lear, Study of a red and yellow macaw, Macrocercus Aracanga. Pencil. 12.3 x 11cm (4 13/16 x 4 5/16in). Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 15 July 1999, lot 127. Private collection, UK. When offered at Sotheby’s, it has been … Continue reading
Edward Lear, An English Country House
Edward Lear, An English Country House. Pen and ink. 31 x 50.5cm (12 3/16 x 19 7/8in). Provenance With Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, no. 29336. Private collection, UK. According to a label attached to the reverse, this work … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Landscape with a viaduct and a castle in the distance (1850)
Landscape with a viaduct and a castle in the distance, 1850. Pen and ink, and watercolour heightened with white on paper. 13.7 x 18.9cm; 5½ x 7½in MutualArt.
Edward Lear, Sen Remo (1864)
Edward Lear, San Remo. Dec. 10, 1864. Pen and ink and watercolour with traces of pencil. 17.5 x 54cm (6 7/8 x 21 1/4in) MutualArt.
Edward Lear, Jafa (1884)
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 … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Dead Camel
Edward Lear, Dead Camel Getting Eaten by Buzzards. Signed with the monogram, watercolour and bodycolour 18cm x 37cm (7in x 14.5in) The Saleroom.
Edward Lear, Ajaccio Sunrise, Corsica
Edward Lear, Ajaccio Sunrise, Corsica. Signed with the monogram, pencil heightened with bodycolour 12.5cm x 19cm (5in x 7.5in) The Saleroom.