Palaiukhora, Crete

Details

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Palaiukhora, Crete
inscribed in Greek and dated '9.35. 29 April 1864' (lower left), further inscribed indistinctly in Greek and numbered '(58)' (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes
brown ink and watercolour heightened with white on blue paper
8¾ x 13¾ in. (22.3 x 35 cm.)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Lear left Corfu on 4 April 1864 for Athens, which disappointed him, since he did find it the same as he had remembered it. Lear felt that it was too early to return to England and set off for Crete, within a week Giorgio his servant had joined him and they left for Khanéa. By the end of May Lear had left Crete for England.

More from British Art on Paper including Victorian Watercolours from

View All