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Edward Lear, View of Taormina and Mount Etna, Palermo. Watercolor and ink, located and dated. 32 x 48 cm – 12,6 x 18,9 in. Provenance Anonymous sale; Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, 27 November 1991, lot 106. Invaluable.

Edward Lear, Lago Maggiore from Stresa. Dated and titled ‘6-7 AM May 31. 1867’ (lower left), numbered ‘(200)’ (lower right) and with pencil annotations (in mountains). Watercolour and pencil. 32 x 52cm Provenance The Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Bordighera. Signed and inscribed Bordighiera [sic] Edw Lear del (in ink, lower left). Watercolour and bodycolour, with pen and sepia ink. 14.5 x 22.5cm; 5¾ x 8¾in In December 1864, Lear would have arrived in Bordighera, on the … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, A view of Villa Barberini, Albano, near Rome. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear. del. 1846.’ (lower centre) and inscribed ‘Villa Barberini. / Albano.’ (lower left). pen and brown ink, brown wash on buff paper. 5 7⁄8 x 18 … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, A view of Eremo di Camaldoli, Frascati, near Rome. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear del. 1846.’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Camaldoli. / Frascati.’ (lower left). Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with touches of white on buff … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Certosa del Pesio (San Bartolomeo). Inscribed with title and dated ‘Augt.1870’ l.r., pencil, pen and brown ink. 31 x 48.5cm; framed 57 x 73cm. Provenance With The Fine Art Society. The Saleroom.

Edward Lear, Lago d’Orta, 2nd June 1867. Watercolour With Pencil, Pen And Brown Ink On Paper. 23cm x 45cm. MutualArt.