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Edward Lear, Saint Peter from Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome.
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper, 18,7×41 cm. Dated March. 15 and other days./ 1844 lower left.

Associazione nazionale case d’asta.

Edward Lear, Olevano.
Pencil and watercolor, 13,4×14,7 cm. Titled and signed lower right.

Associazione nazionale case d’asta.

Edward Lear, Tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome.
Pencil and white tempera on paper, 25.3×34.5 cm. Signed, titled and dated Tomb of Cecilia Metella/ Rome/ Edward Lear del 1839 lower left.

Associazione nazionale case d’asta.

Edward Lear, Amalfi.
Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, entitled Amalfi, numbered 3 and dated 6th June 1844, approx 20 x 33 cms on watermark paper, unframed.

Provenance
Property of a lady – London, originally purchased at the Christies sale of Fine English Drawings and Watercolours, March 4th 1975.

Literature: Philip Hofer, Edward Lear as a landscape draughtsman, 1967, pg 20-1 refers to the vitality and strength of these early sketches and discusses a different view of Amalfi drawn three days after this one on June 9th 1944. Edward Lear visited Italy in late 1843 and began sketching landscapes in watercolour for the first time. Similar work can be seen in the V & A Prints & Study Room.

The Saleroom.