Greek figures and mules on a rocky track, Crete

Details

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Greek figures and mules on a rocky track, Crete
inscribed 'Crete' (lower left)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white
6¼ x 10¼ in. (15.9 x 26.1 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Franklin Lushington and by descent to
Franklin H. Lushington; Christie's, London, 11 November 1958, lot 30, (36 gns. to Agnew's).
with Agnew's, London.

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Lot Essay

Edward Lear first met Franklin Lushington in Malta in 1849 and he became one of Lear's closest friends. In 1855 Lushington was appointed judge in the British protectorate of Corfu. Despite Lushington's marriage they remained lifelong friends. Franklin Lushington was the executor of Lear's estate and Lear left all his papers and paintings to him and the procceds from the sale of the villa Tennyson and its contents to Franklin's eldest daughter Louisa Gertrude.

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