Edward Lear (1812-1888)

View of Damascus, Syria

Details

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
View of Damascus, Syria
inscribed and dated 'Damascus. May 27./1858' (lower right) and with scattered colour notes, and inscribed 'No. 15/M.. upright/Lower (one of four)' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, on blue-grey paper
7¼ x 11 7/8 in. (18.4 x 30.2 cm.)

Exhibited

London, The Fine Art Society, The Travels of Edward Lear, October-November 1983, no. 87.

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Lot Essay

Lear spent only a short time in Damascus in May 1858 but found it beautiful: 'Imagine 16 worlds full of gardens rolled out flat, with a river & a glittering city in the middle' (Letter to Lady Waldegrave, 27 May 1858, in V. Noakes, Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer, London, 2004, p. 137).

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