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Lot Essay
Arriving in early April 1863, Lear spent two months travelling through the Ionian Islands making sketches in preparation for his publication of 20 lithographs: Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, published in December 1863.
By mid-April, Lear had arrived at Santa Maura (now called Lefkada). His opening remarks in his diary entry of the 19th April offer his observations of the island, which are reflected in the present drawing: 'Up by 5 - & started at 5.40. taking leave of this pleasant good lot of folk. A very steep pull up the mountain above the town, (which lies half-way, in a hollow, between the summit, & the level of Βλιχῶ) - towards the top drawing a line of the village, & the harbor of Βλιχῶ, but the Islands, tho’ somewhat better looking at such early morn, are inconceivably intractable'.
By mid-April, Lear had arrived at Santa Maura (now called Lefkada). His opening remarks in his diary entry of the 19th April offer his observations of the island, which are reflected in the present drawing: 'Up by 5 - & started at 5.40. taking leave of this pleasant good lot of folk. A very steep pull up the mountain above the town, (which lies half-way, in a hollow, between the summit, & the level of Βλιχῶ) - towards the top drawing a line of the village, & the harbor of Βλιχῶ, but the Islands, tho’ somewhat better looking at such early morn, are inconceivably intractable'.