Tag Archives: Italy

Edward Lear, Lago d’Iséo, Lombardy. Titled (lower left) and numbered ‘151’ (lower right). Brown ink and watercolour. 15 x 21.5cm. Provenance John Peter Cochrane Collection; Sale, Bonhams, London, 31st March 2015, lot 28; Private collection, UK Following an extensive trip … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Albetone, Monte Modino (1883). The Saleroom.

Edward Lear, San Remo. Dec. 10, 1864. Pen and ink and watercolour with traces of pencil. 17.5 x 54cm (6 7/8 x 21 1/4in) MutualArt.

Edward Lear, Desenzano. Pen, ink and wash. 4 x 12.2cm. MutualArt.

Edward Lear, Mont Blanc. Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on blue paper. 6 ½ x 10 1⁄8 in. (16.5 x 25.9 cm.) MutualArt.

Edward Lear, Mont Blanc. Signed with monogram and dated ‘1863’ (lower right). Ppencil, watercolour and bodycolour on blue paper. 6 ½ x 10 1⁄8 in. (16.5 x 25.9 cm.) Provenance Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 15 November 1983, lot 261. with … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Antrodoco, Italy. Inscribed and dated August 14 1843, pen and ink and watercolour. 31cm x 45cm (12in x 17.75in) Provenance David Galleries, New York. This watercolour relates to a lithograph in Lear’s Illustrated Excursions in Italy published in … Continue reading →

Edward Lear, Bordighera, Italy. Inscribed and dated 1864, extensively annotated, pen and ink and coloured wash. 22cm x 33cm (8.5in x 13in) Lear would have arrived in Bordighera, on the French-Italian border, in December 1864, returning from his walking tour … Continue reading →