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Edward Lear Photograph

Clipped signature beneath an albumen print, circa 1860, clipped signature ‘Yrs. sincerely, Edward Lear’ in brown ink, mount aperture 3.3 x 5.5 cm, with albumen print of a seated Edward Lear with entourage in front of an encampment, mount aperture 20 x … Continue reading

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Edward Lear to Lady Rawlinson

An 1866 advertising circular Edward Lear sent to Lady Rawlinson (wife of Sir Henry Rawlinson), enclosing an alphabet “towards the education of [her] son” (unfortunately not included) and two photographs, one of which, Lear painting in his studio, I do not … Continue reading

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