EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)
SANTA MAURA
£9,600
Auction: 28 November 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Inscribed ,'Sta. Maura' and with colour notes, dated 'noon 13 April 1863 and numbered (33), pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on grey paper,
Dimensions
17cm x 52cm (6.75in x 20.5in)
Footnote
Provenance:Spink & Son Ltd, London
Literature:Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear, The Life of a Wanderer, 1968, p.159, 'At the end of March 1863 Lear decided to make a tour of the Ionian Islands before they were returned to Greece by the British. He was away for two months, walking and drawing on each island, returning to Corfu in June.'
Note:the view is from the hill above Faneromeni Monastery three miles west of Lefkas town looking north to the mainland.