Live Auction 8029Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours
Edward Lear (London 1812-1888 San Remo, Italy)
Lot 122

Edward Lear (London 1812-1888 San Remo, Italy)

Near Khan, Lebanon

Closed5 July 2011

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GBP 11,250

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Edward Lear (London 1812-1888 San Remo, Italy)
Near Khan, Lebanon
inscribed and dated 'Lebanon./17.May.1858./near Khan' (lower left) and numbered '(173)' (lower right) and inscribed 'vines and millions of/black pines' (centre) and further inscribed with colour notes
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour
13¾ x 19¾ in. (34.9 x 50.2 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1981, lot 161, where purchased for the present collection.

Specialist note

Lear was particularly taken by the famous 'Cedars of Lebanon', a watercolour of which was sold in these Rooms, 9 July 1996, lot 62, achieving a world record price for a work on paper by the artist.