Lot Essay
Lear travelled to India and Ceylon between 1873 and 1874 as a guest of Thomas George Baring (Lord Northbrook).
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View over the lake, Kandy, Ceylon
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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
View over the lake, Kandy, Ceylon
inscribed '809/Kandy/Dec.2.1874 8.15am' (lower left) and 'giant bamboo' (lower right)
pencil, brown ink and watercolour
6½ x 13¾ in. (16.5 x 35 cm.)
View over the lake, Kandy, Ceylon
inscribed '809/Kandy/Dec.2.1874 8.15am' (lower left) and 'giant bamboo' (lower right)
pencil, brown ink and watercolour
6½ x 13¾ in. (16.5 x 35 cm.)
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