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The present drawing relates to plate 12 of Seven Ionian Islands.
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Argostoli and the Black Mountain, Cephalonia, Greece
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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Argostoli and the Black Mountain, Cephalonia, Greece
inscribed and dated 'Cephalonia/May. 4. 1863' and further inscribed in Greek (lower left)
pencil, pen and brown ink and blue and ochre wash, heightened with white, on tinted paper
8½ x 13 1/8 in. (21.5 x 33.3 cm.)
Argostoli and the Black Mountain, Cephalonia, Greece
inscribed and dated 'Cephalonia/May. 4. 1863' and further inscribed in Greek (lower left)
pencil, pen and brown ink and blue and ochre wash, heightened with white, on tinted paper
8½ x 13 1/8 in. (21.5 x 33.3 cm.)
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