Live Auction 17081Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna
Edward Lear (London 1812-1888 San Remo)
Lot 191 THE ROSS COLLECTION FROM KNOCKMORE, ENNISKERRY, WICKLOW (lots 157-193)

Edward Lear (London 1812-1888 San Remo)

Cervo, Imperia, Italy

Closed2 July 2019

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GBP 15,000

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Edward Lear (London 1812-1888 San Remo)
Cervo, Imperia, Italy
signed with monogram and dated '1882' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'Cérvo./ 27 Decbr. 1881' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
10 7/8 x 21 in. (27.7 x 53.4 cm.)

Francis Braham, Lady Waldegrave, and her husband Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford;
Constance Braham, Lady Strachey, niece of Lady Waldegrave, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1994, lot 145, where purchased for the present collection.

Specialist note

Cervo is on the coast close to San Remo, where Lear was to build the Villa Tennyson, his last home.