Live Auction 20686Old Masters Part II: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings and Watercolours
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Lot 223

EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

Bellagio, Lago di Como

Closed8 December 2023

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GBP 11,340

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EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Bellagio, Lago di Como
inscribed and dated 'Lago di Como. Bellagio./ 6.AM. 27th. & 5.PM. 26th May. 1867./ Pinewood very dark. Stems red gray.' (lower left) and numbered '(170)' (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey and blue wash on paper
13 x 22 in. (33 x 55.9 cm.)

Sir Edward Strachey, Bt., and by descent to the present owners.

Specialist note


Lear's detailed numbering sequence gives a sense of where he was on a tour at the time each drawing was made. Number 169 from the same tour as the present drawing, with very similar blue-grey colouring and also dated 26 and 27 May 1867, was sold in these Rooms, 5 July 2016, lot 120.