Study for the Head of a Leopard (recto) and Sketch of the Head (verso)

细节

Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888)
Study for the Head of a Leopard (recto) and Sketch of the Head (verso)
inscribed 'Trionyx Gangeticus/ Cuv' (on the reverse)
watercolor and pencil on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)
8 ¼ x 5 7/8 in. (21 x 15 cm.)
Executed circa 1833.

来源

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1993, lot 119.

注意事项

This lot is offered without reserve.

拍品专文

This work is a study for a larger watercolor, dated February 1833, sold by Spink London on the 18th of March 1982. During this time, Lear worked for Lord Derby at Knowsley, president of the Zoological and Linnean Societies. Lear produced numerous illustrations of the animals in the Knowsley menagerie.

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