Live Auction 19450Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Lot 122 NONSENSE DRAWINGS BY EDWARD LEAR, FROM THE COLLECTION OF NINA R. AND ARTHUR A. HOUGHTON, JR. (LOTS 121-129)

EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

'There was an old person of Calais, who lived in a blue marble palace'

Closed6 July 2021

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EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
'There was an old person of Calais, who lived in a blue marble palace'
inscribed 'There was an old person of Calais/ Who lived in a blue marble palace./ But in coming downstairs,/ He encountered some bears/ Who devoured that old person of Calais.' (upper left)
pen and brown ink
4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.5 x 20 cm.)

Specialist note


Although of a similar date to the Book of Nonsense, this drawing was unpublished.