Bellagio, Lago di Como

Details

EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Bellagio, Lago di Como
inscribed and dated 'Lago di Como. Bellagio./ 6.AM. 27^th. & 5.PM. 26^th May. 1867./ Pinewood very dark. Stems red gray.' (lower left) and numbered '(170)' (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey and blue wash on paper
13 x 22 in. (33 x 55.9 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Edward Strachey, Bt., and by descent to the present owners.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Lear's detailed numbering sequence gives a sense of where he was on a tour at the time each drawing was made. Number 169 from the same tour as the present drawing, with very similar blue-grey colouring and also dated 26 and 27 May 1867, was sold in these Rooms, 5 July 2016, lot 120.

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