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Edward Lear, An Unpublished Letter
Edward Lear, Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Edward Lear’, Villa Tennyson, [Sanremo, Italy], Monday, no date, 1880s, to Mrs Kettlewell. ‘I stupidly forgot both the other evening and yesterday morning to send the Italian novels you or Miss Wedgwood wanted. The 3 … Continue reading
Edward Lear, A Street Scene in Vevey, Switzerland (1837)
Edward Lear, A Street Scene in Vevey, Switzerland. Watercolour, inscribed and dated 1837, 28cm x 18cm, within a stained wood frame. Provenance Christie’s 8th July 1997, lot no.76.
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Edward Lear, A view of Villa Barberini, Albano, near Rome (1846)
Edward Lear, A view of Villa Barberini, Albano, near Rome. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear. del. 1846.’ (lower centre) and inscribed ‘Villa Barberini. / Albano.’ (lower left). pen and brown ink, brown wash on buff paper. 5 7⁄8 x 18 … Continue reading
Edward Lear, A view of Eremo di Camaldoli, Frascati, near Rome (1846)
Edward Lear, A view of Eremo di Camaldoli, Frascati, near Rome. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear del. 1846.’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Camaldoli. / Frascati.’ (lower left). Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with touches of white on buff … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Philae
Edward Lear, Philae. monogrammed lower right. oil on paper laid on canvas. 34cm x 54cm. Provenance With Agnew’s, London, no. 32992; The Collection of Sir Thomas William Evans, Bt., of Allestree Hall, Derbyshire, and Dartmouth House, Queen Anne’s Gate, London; … Continue reading
Edward Lear, A view of the Temple of Karnak at sunset, Thebes, Egypt
Edward Lear, A view of the Temple of Karnak at sunset, Thebes, Egypt. Signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed ‘Karnak. Thebes. Egypt’ (verso). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white on paper. 4 ¼ x 8 … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Kom Ombos, Egypt (1856)
Edward Lear, Kom Ombos, Egypt. Signed with monogram (lower right) and indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘Ombos 1856’ (lower left). Oil on canvas laid down on board. 10 x 15 ½ in. (25.4 x 39.3 cm.) See watercolour. Provenance Thomas Baring, … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, Samos, 6pm, 2 May 1863
Edward Lear, Samos, 6pm, 2 May 1863. Inscribed lower right. Pen, ink and watercolour. 31 x 52cm. The Saleroom.
Edward Lear, Roman Campagna
Edward Lear, Roman Campagna. Late 1830s or early 1840s. Pencil, ink and watercolour. 13.5 x 21cm (5¼ x 8¼in.) MutualArt.
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