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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

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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
The Fine Arts Society, 1992
Sale, Christie’s, London, British Art on Paper incl. The Blue Rigi by J.M.W Turner, 5 June 2006, lot 64, where purchased by Robert Kime

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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.)

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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.)

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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 Robert Kime

Exhibited
Lausanne, Fondation de L’Hermitage, L’Age d’or de l’Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, 22 January-24 May 1999, no. 116

Literature
G. Bauer, Le Siecle d’or de l’Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, 1998, p. 145. pl. 201
W. Hauptman, L’Age d’or de l’Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, Lausanne, 1999, p. 176, no. 116, illustrated in colour

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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 including Drawings and Watercolours, 15 December 2010, lot 73, where purchased by Robert Kime

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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

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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.)

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