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Edward Lear (1812-1888)

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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
View of Eze, Côte d'Azur, France
inscribed and dated 'Eza/3.30. PM./31. Decr. 1864' (lower right) and numbered '(144)' (lower right) and further extensively inscribed with colour notes
pencil, pen and brown ink, and yellow and blue wash, heightened with touches of white
6 7/8 x 9¾ in. (17.5 x 24.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1978, lot 56.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 July 1992, lot 164.
With The Fine Art Society, London, July 1992.

Specialist note

Executed on Lear's journey back from Genoa, this was the last drawing he did on the Corniche walk, numbered '144' of 144.