Tag Archives: Egypt

Edward Lear, A view of the Temple of Karnak at sunset, Thebes, Egypt. Signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed ‘Karnak. Thebes. Egypt’ (verso). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white on paper. 4 ¼ x 8 … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Philae from Biggeh Sunset. Extensively inscribed with artist pallet references throughout, further titled and dated  ‘Philae from Biggeh, sunset, Feb.3.1854, p. 18’ (lower right). Watercolour. 32 x 50 cm. (12 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.) Provenance With Appleby … Continue reading →

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 →