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Edward Lear, Gebel Serbal (1849)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Gebel Serbal from above Wadi Useit, Egypt. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil; inscribed lower right: Gebal [sic] Serbal / from above Wady [sic] Useit / 20. January. 1849. 2. P.M.., and further inscribed … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Karnak on the Nile

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Karnak on the Nile, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘El Karnák/16. Feby. 7AM. 1854’ (lower left) and inscribed and dated again ‘El Karnak./16.Feby.1854./7.a.m.’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and yellow and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Aswan on the Nile

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Aswan on the Nile, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘Assoan [sic] 10.25. AM. Jany 27. 1867.’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(241)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes and further inscribed ‘lowest’ (on the reverse). Pencil, pen and … Continue reading →

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