Lot Essay
For a note on Lear's stay in Rome, see lot 160.
.jpg?w=1)
Crescenza, Rome
Details
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Crescenza, Rome
signed, inscribed and dated 'Edward Lear del./Roma.1844.' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Crescenza.' (lower right)
pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white, on pale blue paper, unframed
3 x 5½ in. (7.6 x 14 cm.)
Crescenza, Rome
signed, inscribed and dated 'Edward Lear del./Roma.1844.' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Crescenza.' (lower right)
pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white, on pale blue paper, unframed
3 x 5½ in. (7.6 x 14 cm.)
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium