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Tag Archives: oil paintings
Edward Lear, Sheik Abadeh
Edward Lear, Sheik Abadeh on the Nile. Signed with the monogram lower right; inscribed on a label on the stretcher: Edward Lear/San Remo/London Agents/Ford and Dickinson/90 Wardour Street/£25/£20. Oil on canvas, 24 by 46.5cm., 9½ by 18¼in. On his first … Continue reading
Edward Lear, View of Gwalior, India (1880)
View of Gwalior, India, 1880. Signed in monogram ‘EL’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Gwalior’ (lower left). Oil on canvas, unlined (Prepared by Charles Roberson 99, Long Acre London) 9¼ x 18¼ in. (23.5 x 46.3 cm.). Throughout his life Lear … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Villa d’Este, Tivoli (1840)
Edward Lear, Cypresses at the Villa d’Este, Tivoli signed and dated ‘E. Lear 1840’ (lower left) and ‘E.LEAR.1841′ (lower right) and numbered ’10’ (lower left) oil on canvas, unlined 18 x 12¾ in. (45.7 x 32.4 cm.) Exhibited: London, Gooden … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Philae on the Nile
Philae on the Nile Signed with initials and dated ‘EL/1856’ (lower left) and inscribed ‘Edward Lear/July 1856’ (on a label attached to the reverse). Oil on canvas 13½ x 21¼ in. (34.5 x 61.6 cm.)
Edward Lear, In the Campagna near Rome
In the Campagna, near Rome Indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘E Lear. Del. 1845’ (lower left) and inscribed ‘Edward Lear/1844’ (on a label attached to the reverse). Oil on canvas 11½ x 29 in. (29.2 x 73.7 cm.)
Two Corfu Paintings by Edward Lear
Corfu from the village of Ascension Corfu from the Benitza Road, on the hill of Gastouri Signed with monogram and dated ‘1862’ (one lower left and one lower right), one inscribed ‘Corfu from Ascension/Painted by me in Corfu, 1862./Edward Lear.’ … Continue reading
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