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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Wady Feiran’, Sinai Peninsula.
Ink, watercolour and gouache on blue/grey paper. Inscribed and dated by the artist ‘ Wady Feiran / 24 January 1849 / 8 A.M.’ and with artist’s note ‘Palms (?cut) off’, ‘Torrent bed’, ‘all in light’, ‘leaves brown / palm’, ‘dry palm leaves’. Exhibited: Spink (No. K35871)
7x11.5 inches
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Val Montone / Ash / & masses / of vine’. Pencil on blue grey paper. Extensively inscribed and dated, ‘18th October 1840’. Study for the lithograph ‘Valmontone’ in Views in Rome and its Environs, 1840. Valmontone is 25 miles from Rome and is a seat of the Dorias. 6x9.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Malta; 'St Paul's Bay ... 24th March 1866'. Pen, ink and watercolour. Inscribed and dated.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Italy ‘Tivoli’. Pencil on grey paper. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1840. 4.75x6.75 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Oeschinensee, Switzerland. Pencil, pen and ink. Probably his 1854 visit. Inscribed and dated 29 – 30 Aug. 14x20 ins.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Schloss Spiez, Switzerland. Pen and ink. Probably his 1854 visit. Inscribed and dated 31 Aug. Numbered 441. 14x20 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Italy. ‘Salone / near Anio’. Pencil, pen and ink. Inscribed and dated 6th January 1845. 5.5x14 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Philae’. Ink and watercolour. Inscribed and dated ‘Philae / 31 Jan, 4 Feb , 1854’ and with colour notes. 11.75x18.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Abruzzo: ‘Stretti di San Luigi’. Pencil, chalk, wash and gouache. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1844. Ill: Excursions in Italy, Edward Lear, 1846. Vignette 23, p.91. Provenance: John Scandrett Harford (1787-1866) who first met Lear in Italy in 1846. 6.5x3.75 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1889) In the Abruzzi. Pencil, pen and ink. Indistinctly inscribed with the place name and dated 6th September 1844. 11.5x19.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Landscape near Tivoli, possibly Val Montone. Pencil. Inscribed and dated, 8th May 1840. Exhibited: Agnews (No.47560) Ex. Collection: Sir Robin Darwin. 8.5x16.25 inches. Framed: 16.25x23.75.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Norba’ from the Pontine Marshes near Ninfa.
Pen and ink. Drawing related to the lithograph in ‘Views of Rome and its Environs’ publ. 1841. Lear was in Rome 1837-41 working on the drawings for this publication.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Near Pogerola’, above Amalfi.
Pen and ink. Inscribed and dated, 13th June 1844.
6.75x4.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Abruzzo: ‘Civita d’Antino’. Pencil, chalk and gouache. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1844. Ill: Excursions in Italy, Edward Lear, 1846. Pl.20. Prov: John Scandrett Harford (1787-1866) who first met Lear in Italy in 1846. 6.25x11.25 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Salone’, near the Aniene river, Lazio.
Pen, brush and ink. Inscribed and dated, 6th January 1845.
5.5x14 inches. Framed: 12.5x20.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
Cefalu from Bagheria, Sicily.
Pencil, open and ink. Annotated by the artist. Lear was in Sicily in May 1847.
12x18 inches. Framed: 25.5x20.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) View over Rome from the Borghese Gardens. Pencil, intensively annotated. Ex. Collection Nicholas Powell (1920-1986 and by descent. 10.5x16.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Italian capriccio. Black chalk. Circa 1837. Ex. Collection: Brig. A.C. Sykes, Corton. 3x4.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Pentedatelo’ (sic. Pentedattilo), Calabria.
Ink and watercolour. Signed and inscribed. Lear’s Diary (30th July 1847) ‘ … the wild crags of Pentedatelo particularly arrested our attention…’
A sketch for the ill.opp.p.190, ‘Pentedatilo’, ‘Journals of a landscape painter in Southern Calabria’, publ. 1852.
8.25x5.5 inches the paper irregular. 6x3.25 inches the image. 16.5x13.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘El Karnak’.
Ink and watercolour. Inscribed and dated ‘pm Feb 15th 1854’ and indistinctly inscribed. Ex. Collection: Sir Eric Maclagan. M. Maclagan. Ian Cook.
6.25x19.75 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Peleka’, Corfu. Pen and ink. Inscribed in Greek and dated, ‘2.30.p.m. 26th Feb. 1863’. 15x21 inches. Framed: 24x29.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Sicily: ‘Modica, 8 June 1847’. Pen and ink. Inscribed and dated by the artist. 12x18 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Baths of Titus’. Pencil, pen and ink. Inscribed and dated, Feb. 4 (18)40. 3.5x5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Near Varigotti’, Liguria. Painted during the winter he spent on that Riviera. Ink and watercolour. Inscribed and ‘2.15 p.m./ 17 December 1864’. Exhibited: Agnews. Ex. Collection: Mr and Mrs George Walker. 6x9.75 inches. Framed: 11.25x15.25 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Wady Feiran’, Sinai Peninsula.
Ink, watercolour and gouache on blue/grey paper. Inscribed and dated by the artist ‘ Wady Feiran / 24 January 1849 / 8 A.M.’ and with artist’s note ‘Palms (?cut) off’, ‘Torrent bed’, ‘all in light’, ‘leaves brown / palm’, ‘dry palm leaves’. Exhibited: Spink (No. K35871)
7x11.5 inches
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Val Montone / Ash / & masses / of vine’. Pencil on blue grey paper. Extensively inscribed and dated, ‘18th October 1840’. Study for the lithograph ‘Valmontone’ in Views in Rome and its Environs, 1840. Valmontone is 25 miles from Rome and is a seat of the Dorias. 6x9.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Malta; 'St Paul's Bay ... 24th March 1866'. Pen, ink and watercolour. Inscribed and dated.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Italy ‘Tivoli’. Pencil on grey paper. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1840. 4.75x6.75 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Oeschinensee, Switzerland. Pencil, pen and ink. Probably his 1854 visit. Inscribed and dated 29 – 30 Aug. 14x20 ins.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Schloss Spiez, Switzerland. Pen and ink. Probably his 1854 visit. Inscribed and dated 31 Aug. Numbered 441. 14x20 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Italy. ‘Salone / near Anio’. Pencil, pen and ink. Inscribed and dated 6th January 1845. 5.5x14 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Philae’. Ink and watercolour. Inscribed and dated ‘Philae / 31 Jan, 4 Feb , 1854’ and with colour notes. 11.75x18.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Abruzzo: ‘Stretti di San Luigi’. Pencil, chalk, wash and gouache. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1844. Ill: Excursions in Italy, Edward Lear, 1846. Vignette 23, p.91. Provenance: John Scandrett Harford (1787-1866) who first met Lear in Italy in 1846. 6.5x3.75 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1889) In the Abruzzi. Pencil, pen and ink. Indistinctly inscribed with the place name and dated 6th September 1844. 11.5x19.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Landscape near Tivoli, possibly Val Montone. Pencil. Inscribed and dated, 8th May 1840. Exhibited: Agnews (No.47560) Ex. Collection: Sir Robin Darwin. 8.5x16.25 inches. Framed: 16.25x23.75.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Norba’ from the Pontine Marshes near Ninfa.
Pen and ink. Drawing related to the lithograph in ‘Views of Rome and its Environs’ publ. 1841. Lear was in Rome 1837-41 working on the drawings for this publication.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Near Pogerola’, above Amalfi.
Pen and ink. Inscribed and dated, 13th June 1844.
6.75x4.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Abruzzo: ‘Civita d’Antino’. Pencil, chalk and gouache. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1844. Ill: Excursions in Italy, Edward Lear, 1846. Pl.20. Prov: John Scandrett Harford (1787-1866) who first met Lear in Italy in 1846. 6.25x11.25 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Salone’, near the Aniene river, Lazio.
Pen, brush and ink. Inscribed and dated, 6th January 1845.
5.5x14 inches. Framed: 12.5x20.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
Cefalu from Bagheria, Sicily.
Pencil, open and ink. Annotated by the artist. Lear was in Sicily in May 1847.
12x18 inches. Framed: 25.5x20.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) View over Rome from the Borghese Gardens. Pencil, intensively annotated. Ex. Collection Nicholas Powell (1920-1986 and by descent. 10.5x16.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Italian capriccio. Black chalk. Circa 1837. Ex. Collection: Brig. A.C. Sykes, Corton. 3x4.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘Pentedatelo’ (sic. Pentedattilo), Calabria.
Ink and watercolour. Signed and inscribed. Lear’s Diary (30th July 1847) ‘ … the wild crags of Pentedatelo particularly arrested our attention…’
A sketch for the ill.opp.p.190, ‘Pentedatilo’, ‘Journals of a landscape painter in Southern Calabria’, publ. 1852.
8.25x5.5 inches the paper irregular. 6x3.25 inches the image. 16.5x13.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888)
‘El Karnak’.
Ink and watercolour. Inscribed and dated ‘pm Feb 15th 1854’ and indistinctly inscribed. Ex. Collection: Sir Eric Maclagan. M. Maclagan. Ian Cook.
6.25x19.75 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Peleka’, Corfu. Pen and ink. Inscribed in Greek and dated, ‘2.30.p.m. 26th Feb. 1863’. 15x21 inches. Framed: 24x29.5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) Sicily: ‘Modica, 8 June 1847’. Pen and ink. Inscribed and dated by the artist. 12x18 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Baths of Titus’. Pencil, pen and ink. Inscribed and dated, Feb. 4 (18)40. 3.5x5 inches.
LEAR Edward (1812-1888) ‘Near Varigotti’, Liguria. Painted during the winter he spent on that Riviera. Ink and watercolour. Inscribed and ‘2.15 p.m./ 17 December 1864’. Exhibited: Agnews. Ex. Collection: Mr and Mrs George Walker. 6x9.75 inches. Framed: 11.25x15.25 inches.
