EDWARD LEAR (BRITISH 1812-1888)
ASKALON, ISRAEL
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: Day 1 - Wed 14th May from 10am | Lots 1 to 313
Description
Inscribed and dated ‘1.20pm, April 5. 1867’, extensively annotated, pen and ink and wash
Dimensions
13cm x 51.5cm (5in x 20.25in)
Provenance
Durlacher Brothers, New York;
George Dix Gallery, New York, by 1947;
Childs Gallery, Boston, where acquired by the mother of the current owners.
Exhibited:
Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, (according to the label on reverse);
New York, George Dix Gallery, Edward Lear, December 1947.