Tag Archives: Egypt

Edward Lear, Near Mount Sinai (1849)

Edward Lear, Egypt; near Mount Sinai. Pencil, pen and ink. Inscribed and dated, ’21 January 1849 / 5 pm’. 12×19.75 inches. Abbott and Holder.

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Edward Lear Gezhir Eddomarieh (1854)

Edward Lear, A view on the Nile. Indistinctly inscribed and dated G*zkir Eddomarie* [Gezhir Eddomarih] 25 Jan 1854 . ½PM (lower left) and numbered 129 (lower right). Watercolour. 6.5 x 14.9cm; 2½ x 5¾in Provenance Private Collection, Wiltshire The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Philae (1854)

Edward Lear, Philae, Egypt, 1854. Pen and brown ink and watercolour. 294 by 492 mm. Mutualart.

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Edward Lear, On the Nile, opposite El Ouasta (1867)

Edward Lear, On the Nile, opposite El Ouasta, Egypt January 1867. Pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white; 62 by 206 mm. Mutualart.

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Edward Lear, Karnak (1854)

Edward Lear, Eygpt; ‘Karnak’. Pen, ink and watercolour. Signed, inscribed and dated, ‘Feb 15 1854’. 6×19.5 inches. Framed: 27.5×14.5 inches. Provenance Sir Eric Maclagan and by descent; A and H, 2013; a private collection. Abbott and Holder.

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Edward Lear, The Nile at Kasr-Es-Saad

Edward Lear, The Nile at Kasr-Es-Saad, Egypt. Inscribed and numbered ’23/ Like the crag that fronts the evening’ (upper left) and further inscribed ‘Kasres.Saad. (Egypt.)’ (upper right). Pencil, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, lightly squared on paper … Continue reading

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Edward Lear, Philae (1854)

Edward Lear, Philae, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘Philae. Jany 31. Feby. 4./ 1854.’ and numbered ‘156’ (lower right),  and extensively inscribed with colour notes throughout. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 12 1⁄4 x 19 1⁄2 in. (31.1 x … Continue reading

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Edward Lear. Bedouin Soldiers on a Hillside

Edward Lear, Bedouin Soldiers Resting on a Hillside. Pen and brown ink on wove paper. 117×188 mm; 4 3/4×7 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower left recto. Provenance Private collection, Chicago. invaluable.

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Edward Lear, Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile (1871)

Edward Lear, Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile. Signed with initials lower left; inscribed Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile on the overlap; inscribed, signed and dated Bab el Kalabshe. on the Nile / Edward Lear / 1871 on a … Continue reading

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Edward Lear, Camels Resting near Suez (1849)

Edward Lear, Camels Resting near Suez. Inscribed ‘204’, ‘near Suez’, ‘1. Woolly – fawn colour’ and ‘2. Dowager – pale cream’, and dated ‘Feby 5 1849. 3-4 pm’. Pen and ink. 4 x 10 inches. Provenance Andrew McIntosh Patrick; Luke … Continue reading

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