Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, Near Thebes. Pencil and watercolour. Later signed with monogram and dated 1884 (lower right) and inscribed and dated ’19 Jany 1867′ (lower left). 8.5 x 17.5cm (3¼ x 6¾ in.) Provenance Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd, London Dreweatts.

Edward Lear, Esneh on the Nile, near Luxor. Pencil, pen and red ink and watercolour on buff paper. Inscribed and indistinctly dated ‘Esneh.5/2 P.M. Jany24.1856(?)’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(126)’ (lower right). 10 x 15.5cm (3¾ x 6 in.) Provenance … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Manfalut on the Nile. Pen, ink and wash. Inscribed and dated ‘Manfalut,10 March 1854, 9-10AM’ (lower left)  and further inscribed ‘Too cold to hold a pencil’ (lower right). 10.5 x 22cm (4 x 8½ in.) Dreweatts.

Edward Lear, Near Kalich. Watercolour and ink heightened with white. Inscribed and dated ‘Jany 9 1867’ (lower left), later monogram and date 1884 (lower right). 8.5 x 17cm (3¼ x 6½ in.) Dreweatts.

Edward Lear, Edfu Sunset. Watercolour. Inscribed ‘Edfoo [sic] Sunset, 6.30pm, Feby 11. 1854’ (lower left). 15 x 23cm (5¾ x 9 in.) Provenance Christie’s, London, 15 November 1988, lot 44 Christie’s, London, 1 August 2002, lot 70, where purchased by … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, The Temple of Amada. Pen and watercolour with white heightening. Inscribed and dated ‘Amada, 9AM, Feby 12. 1867’ (lower left), numbered 426 (lower right). 21.5 x 52cm (8¼ x 20¼ in.) Provenance Christie’s, London, Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures … Continue reading →

  Edward Lear, Kasr es Saiad. Watercolour, pencil, and wash. Inscribed (lower left, beneath the mount) and numbered ‘147’ (lower right). 8 x 30.5cm (3 x 12 in.) Provenance Martin Wood, London Dreweatts.

Edward Lear, Girgeh. Watercolour and pencil. Inscribed with title, dated ’16 Jany 1854 – 2/2 P.M’ (lower left), numbered ’82’ (lower right), colour notes inscribed throught. 7 x 23cm (2¾ x 9 in.) Dreweatts.