拍品 183
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Edward Lear (Holloway 1812-1888 San Remo)
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Edward Lear (Holloway 1812-1888 San Remo)

View of Girga on the Nile

细节
Edward Lear (Holloway 1812-1888 San Remo)
View of Girga on the Nile
inscribed and dated 'Girgeh. 16 Jany. 1854 - 2/2. P.M.' (lower left), numbered '82' (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes (centre right)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, on paper, unframed
2 7/8 x 9 in. (7.5 x 22.8 cm.)
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

拍品专文

Lear left England in December 1853 on the steam-boat The Indus, travelling via Cairo to Girga. Although he came to believe that Egypt lacked the variety and interest of Greece, he wrote of the country's beauty and 'the unconsciously exquisite colour of sky and earth', something that can be seen in this picture.