Tag Archives: Egypt

Edward Lear, Mount Sinai. Inscribed with location and colour notes, dated 26 Jan, 1849, pen and ink and watercolour. 18cm x 28.5cm (7in x 11.25in). Provenance Fine Art Society Limited, London, July 1979 The Collection of Gordon & Ursula Bowyer … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Jafa. Signed with the monogram and dated 1884, further inscribed and dated ‘Feb. 17. 1867’, watercolour and bodycolour 9cm x 17cm (3.5in x 6.75in) Travelling by ‘the grumpy roary groanery of camels’ across the desert, Lear arrived in … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Dead Camel Getting Eaten by Buzzards. Signed with the monogram, watercolour and bodycolour 18cm x 37cm (7in x 14.5in) The Saleroom.

Edward Lear, Wady Halfa, Egypt. Signed with the monogram and dated 1884, further inscribed and dated ‘Feb. 3, 1867, watercolour and bodycolour 9cm x 17cm (3.5in x 6.75in) Walker Galleries, London;Christie’s, London, 26 January 1984, lot 178. The present work … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, View of Cairo, with the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx in the distance, 1849. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened. 6 ¾ x 20 in. (17.2 x 50.9 cm.) MutualArt.

Edward Lear, View on the Nile, Dishne. Inscribed ‘Near Dishne, 5.10PM Feby 27.1867’, and numbered 558, watercolour, 6 x 17cm. Provenance with Ryman & Co Ltd, Oxford. Invaluable.

Edward Lear, View of Cairo, with the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx in the distance. Inscribed and dated ‘Cairo / 9. Jany . 1849.’ (lower left), further inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Cairo. Jany 9. 1849. 2’ (lower right), and … Continue reading →

Edwqard Lear, Medeenet Abou, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘1856-19 Feby. tired out 3.p.m’, pen and ink. 20cm x 45cm (8in x 17.75in) Provenance Agnew’s, London, where bought by the mother of the present owners in 1966. The present watercolour depicts … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, The Caves of Beni Hassan, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘11.30AM. Jany. 5. 1867’ extensively annotated, pen and ink and coloured wash. 13.5cm x 23cm (5.25in x 9in) Lyon and Turnbull.

Edward Lear, Aswan, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘Assouan 9. Feb 1854 9.10AM’ and further inscribed with colour notes throughout, pen and ink and watercolour. 24.25cm x 43.75cm (9.5in x 17.25in). Provenance Agnew’s, no. 28008 During his second visit to Egypt … Continue reading →