Tag Archives: Egypt

Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile

Edward Lear, Sunset of the Nile. Signed with monogram and inscribed ‘Nile’, watercolour. 17cm x 36.5cm (6.75in x 13.5in). Provenance Agnew’s, London, no.48070 At the end of his journey along the Nile, Lear writes on 25 February 1867 ‘In no … Continue reading

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Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile near Mankabat (1867)

Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile near Mankabat. Inscribed and dated ‘5.20 sunset Jan 8 1867 (near Mankabat)’ and numbered ‘107’ and further inscribed with colour notes throughout, pen and ink and watercolour. 12.5cm x 19cm (5in x 7.5in). Provenance … Continue reading

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Edward Lear, Wady Halfeh, Egypt (1867)

Edward Lear, Wady halfeh, Egypt. Signed with the monogram, dated 1884 and inscribed ‘Wady Halfey Feb 3 1867’, watercolour. 9cm x 17.5cm (3.5in x 7in) . Provenance Childs Gallery, Boston; Agnew’s London No. 15361 This work shows Wadi Halfa situated … Continue reading

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Edward Lear, Luxor

Edward Lear, Luxor, Egypt. Pen, ink, and watercolour with white heightening. Signed (lower left), inscribed (lower right)11 x 18cm (4¼ x 7 in.). Provenance The Fine Art Society, London, September 1954 Dreweatts.  

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Edward Lear, Desert of Sinai

Edward Lear, Desert of Sinai. Watercolor on paper. 4 h x 8 w in (10 x 20 cm). Signed to lower left ‘EL’. Provenance The Drawing Room, Princeton, NJ Estate of Alfred Bush, former Curator of Western Americana, Princeton University, … Continue reading

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Edward Lear, Wady Tayibeh, Egypt (1849)

Edward Lear, Wadi Tayibeh, Egypt, January 20. 1849. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil. 140 by 225 mm. MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, View of Philae at Sunset (1862)

Edward Lear, View of Philae at Sunset, Egypt, 1862. Watercolour. 175 by 248 mm. MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Wadi Halfa, Sudan (1867)

Edward Lear, Wadi Halfa, Sudan Inscribed and dated ‘Wady Halfeh [sic] / 4.30.PM. Feby 3.1867’ (lower left) and inscribed again and dated [in pencil] (lower left) and numbered ‘(336)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and … Continue reading

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Edward Lear, Laden Barges on the Nile (1867)

Edward Lear, Laden barges on the Nile Watercolour – 8.5 x 24.5cm. Inscribed ‘1 p.m. Jan. 2 1867’ lower left. With colour notes and numbered 30 lower right Provenance Spink, London The Saleroom.

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Two Important Catalogues

Karen Taylor has always had Edward Lear paintings and drawings in her catalogue and has now published one entirely devoted to him: Poetical Topography: Travels with Edward Lear, which covers his whole career. It includes the full text of “Lays … Continue reading

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