Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Amalfi
signed with monogram, inscribed and indistinctly dated 'Amalfi/1844' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour
6 3/8 x 10¼ in. (16.2 x 25.7 cm.)
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Amalfi
signed with monogram, inscribed and indistinctly dated 'Amalfi/1844' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour
6 3/8 x 10¼ in. (16.2 x 25.7 cm.)
Charles Warren.
With The Fine Art Society, June 1957.
With Spink, London.
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Specialist note
Lear visited Amalfi in the summer of 1838, however the present watercolour would have been worked up later in his studio, the date is puzzling as Lear did not begin to sign with a monogram until 1859.
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