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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Philae
signed with monogram (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
13 3/8 x 21 ¼ in. (34 x 54 cm.)
Provenance
with Agnew's, London, no. 32992.
Sir Thomas William Evans, Bt., of Allestree Hall, Derbyshire, and Dartmouth House, Queen Anne's Gate, London.
Miss S. Sorley; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1969, lot 167.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1991, lot 88.

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Lear visited Philae twice, in late January and early February 1854 and in January 1867.

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