Edward Lear (1812-1888)
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Edward Lear (1812-1888)

The Citadel, Corfu

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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
The Citadel, Corfu
signed with monogram (lower left)
pencil and watercolour on paper
6 5/8 x 14½ in. (16.8 x 36.8 cm.)
来源
with Agnew's, London.
展览
Springfield, 1988, no. 27.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lear was enchanted by Corfu from the moment he stepped off his steamer in May 1848, exclaiming in a letter 'I wish I could give you any idea of the beauty of this island - it really is a Paradise. I have not drawn very much because I have been looking at it so often, & taking fresh walks. The chief charm is the great variety of the scenery'. On returning to the island in 1855 he sought a view to record in a large oil painting and chose the view from above the village of Ascension, now known as Analipsis, looking across a promontory towards the majestic Citadel. He wrote to his sister Ann: 'I have some idea of devoting a good bit of time to illustrating this little promontory for it is...full of interest'.