Edward Lear (1812-1888)

An Indian Landscape with Lotus Flowers

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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
An Indian Landscape with Lotus Flowers
dated and numbered 'Decber.1.1874./7.50.AM.' (lower left), numbered '1074' (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour
2¾ x 9 in. (7 x 22.9 cm.)

Lot Essay

From 9 November 1874 Lear spent a month in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). From there he travelled up the west coast of India and set sail from Bombay on 12 January 1875.

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