Lot Essay
For a related drawing see lot 62.
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View of Corfu from Kastrades, with the Monastry of St. Theodore the Tiro in the distance
Details
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
View of Corfu from Kastrades, with the Monastry of St. Theodore the Tiro in the distance
inscribed and dated 'Corfu. 6 Decr. 1862' (lower left)
pencil, pen and brown ink, on grey paper
6¾ x 19 3/8 in. (17.2 x 49.2 cm.)
View of Corfu from Kastrades, with the Monastry of St. Theodore the Tiro in the distance
inscribed and dated 'Corfu. 6 Decr. 1862' (lower left)
pencil, pen and brown ink, on grey paper
6¾ x 19 3/8 in. (17.2 x 49.2 cm.)
Provenance
R.E.S. Willison (+); Sotheby's, London, 10 March 1988, lot 153.
Literature
P. Sherrard, Edward Lear; The Corfu Years, Dedham, 1988, p. 182, illustrated.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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