Lot Essay
This view shows the Great Rock Fortress at Trichinopoly in Tamil Nadu, South India. Lear visited India and Sri Lanka between 1872 and 1876, as a guest of his friend Thomas George Baring, Earl of Northbrook and Viceroy and Governor General of India.
A finished watercolour based on this sketch and dated 1874 and 1877 was sold at Sotheby's London, 23 November 1967, lot 35, illustrated.
A finished watercolour based on this sketch and dated 1874 and 1877 was sold at Sotheby's London, 23 November 1967, lot 35, illustrated.