View of Lago di Garda

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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
View of Lago di Garda
numbered '(115)' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'Lago di Garda. Bogliacco & Gargnano./9. AM. May 17. 1867.' (lower left) and further inscribed 'houses & walls & lemon cages reflect w. into colourless deep grey o o -olives The mass of houses & Lemon Cages also, are light off green hill./Palace W. off olives & green. L.C. Lemon Cages. o.o. olives. Innumerable thready w L.L. all lemon cages looking like huge nets spread to dry.' (lower edge) and further inscribed with colour notes
pencil, pen and brown ink and blue wash
9 3/8 x 18 7/8 in. (23.8 x 47.9 cm.)

Provenance

Lady Waldegrave, Yewden Manor, Hambledon.

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Lot Essay

Exhausted by his trip up the Nile and visit to Egypt, early in the summer of 1867 Lear decided to tour the Italian lakes rather than continue on to Palestine. He visited Garda, Idro, Iseo, Varese, Como and Maggiore and Orta before returning to England.

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