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- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
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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.
Edward Lear, Hebron (1858)
Edward Lear, Hebron, figures and camels, the city beyond, c.1858. Signed ‘Edward Lear del.’ l.l., inscribed ‘Hebron’ l.r., pen and ink and watercolour heightened with white. 15.4 x 23cm. Provenance With Leger Galleries, London, by December 1982. Edward Lear travelled … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, Young Boys Bathing, Pisa in the Distance (1861-1863)
Edward Lear, Young boys bathing, Pisa in the distance. Watercolour and bodycolour. Monogrammed and dated 1861 and 1863. 15 x 25cm. The Saleroom.
Edward Lear’s Views in Rome and Its Environs in colour
[17. Via Porta Pinciana, Rome looking to the Quirinal Palace.] Edward Lear, Views in Rome and its Environs; Drawn from Nature and on Stone, lithographed title vignette of Ostia and 25 lithographed views of Rome and the Campagna by Lear, … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Jerusalem (1858)
Edward Lear, Jerusalem. Inscribed and dated ‘Jerusalem/april.28.1858./(too cold to finish it)’ (lower right) and variously annotated in pencil pen and brown ink, pencil and sepia wash. 20.6 x 31.1cm (8 1/8 x 12 1/4in). Provenance Private collection, UK. Edward Lear … Continue reading
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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.
Edward Lear, Villa Adriana (1842)
Edward Lear, Villa Adriana. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear del 1842’ (lower right), titled (lower left). Pencil and black chalk heightened with white. 24.1 x 36.9cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/2in). Provenance Anon. sale, Phillips, London, 11 November 1997, lot … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Sigæum (1856)
Edward Lear, Sigæum (30 September 1856, sunrise). Pencil and watercolour. Signed and inscribed (lower left). 16 x 52cm (6¼ x 20¼ in.) Sigeion or Sigæum (Latin) was an important site in the Troas (North-West Asia Minor, modern Turkey) at the … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Two Views of Venice from the Bacino (1865)
Edward Lear, Two views of Venice from the Bacinot. The first signed with monogram (lower right); the second inscribed and dated ‘Venice. 27. Novr 1865’ (lower left) and further inscribed and numbered ‘27.Novr. (66)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Jerusalem (1858)
Edward Lear, Jerusalem. Signed with monogram (lower left) and inscribed and dated ‘Jerusalem./ 1858’ (lower right). Pencil, pen and ink and watercolor. 7 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (18.1 x 37.8 cm). Provenance With Davis Galleries, New York, where purchased … Continue reading