Lot Essay
The present drawings relate to plates 18 and 12 of Seven Ionian Islands.
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View of the town and harbour, Gaois, Paxos; and View of Argostoli and the Black Mountain, Cephalonia, Greece
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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
View of the town and harbour, Gaois, Paxos; and View of Argostoli and the Black Mountain, Cephalonia, Greece
the first inscribed 'Paxo' (lower centre, in the margin), the second inscribed 'Cephalonia' (lower centre) and further inscribed in Greek (lower right)
pencil, one pen and brown ink, both brown wash, on oatmeal paper
9½ x 14½ in. (24 x 36.8 cm.) (2)
View of the town and harbour, Gaois, Paxos; and View of Argostoli and the Black Mountain, Cephalonia, Greece
the first inscribed 'Paxo' (lower centre, in the margin), the second inscribed 'Cephalonia' (lower centre) and further inscribed in Greek (lower right)
pencil, one pen and brown ink, both brown wash, on oatmeal paper
9½ x 14½ in. (24 x 36.8 cm.) (2)
Provenance
(2) Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 October 1991, lot 142 (part). With The Fine Art Society, London, October 1991.
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