Edward Lear (1812-1888)

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Edward Lear (1812-1888)

Monaco

inscribed and dated 'Monaco/11.15-12.30pm./Decemb 8. 1864./Buildings, all new-looking/except walls-' and numbered '(16)', and further inscribed with colour notes; pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour with touches of white heightening
14 7/8 x 21¼in. (376 x 543mm.)

Lot Essay

For Lear's visits to the South of France see lot 73, another view of Monaco. This sketch led to a more finished watercolour, seen from a slightly different viewpoint, sold at Christie's, New York, on 25 May 1988, lot 333, repr.

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