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Edward Lear, Landscape with Ruin (1846)
Desert landscape with ruin. Signed and dated 1846. Pencil heightened with white on buff paper. 12.5 x 23cm; 5 x 9in. The Saleroom.
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Edward Lear, Lake Nemi
Edward Lear, Lake Nemi. Inscribed with artist’s colour notes in pencil. Pencil on buff paper. 23.5 x 40.5 cm (9 1/4 x 16 inches). Provenance With Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, Old Bond Street; Christopher Fry and thence by descent. The Saleroom. Lear … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, A view of Mahe
Edward Lear, A view of Mahe, Kerala, India. Signed with monogram (lower left) and inscribed ‘Mahee.’ (lower right). Pencil and watercolor heightened with bodycolor. 6 5/8 x 10 ¼ in. (16.8 x 26 cm). Provenance Lady Adelaide Daumay. T. Bull. … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Jaffa (1858)
Edward Lear, Jaffa. Inscribed Jaffa and dated March 26:1858 (in ink over pencil), watercolour with pen and ink over pencil. 4.5 x 12.5cm. Provenance London, Sothebys, July 16th 1992, lot 165; Collection of Anthony Jenning The Saleroom.
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Edward Lear, On the Nile (1867)
Edward Lear, On the Nile. Inscribed and dated ‘4.40.Jany.5.1867/opposite Benihassan. looking south.’ (lower left), numbered ‘(79)’ (lower right). Pen, brown ink, watercolour and pencil. 8 x 26.5cm (3 1/8 x 10 7/16in). Bonhams.
Edward Lear, Villefranche, Côte d’Azure (1865)
Edward Lear, Villefranche, Côte d’Azure, France. Inscribed and dated ‘Villefranche,/ 9-10 AM./ 5. Feby. 1865.’ and numbered ‘(49)’ (lower right) and further numbered ‘110’ (verso) and extensively inscribed with the artist’s notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolor. 15 … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Premeti, Albania (1857)
Edward Lear, Premeti, Albania. Inscribed ‘Premeti’ (in Greek) and dated ’17. April. 1857.’ (lower left) and extensively inscribed with color notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolor. 11 7/8 x 20 ½ in. (30.5 x 51 cm). Christie’s.
