Lot Essay
Lear visited Argos in the company of his friend Franklin Lushington in Spring 1848
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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Argos from Mycenae
inscribed and dated 'Argos/1849' and later signed with monogram and dated 1880; pencil and watercolour heightened with white
10¼ x 20½in. (260 x 520mm.)
Argos from Mycenae
inscribed and dated 'Argos/1849' and later signed with monogram and dated 1880; pencil and watercolour heightened with white
10¼ x 20½in. (260 x 520mm.)