EDWARD LEAR (BRITISH 1812-1888)
JAFA
Auction: Day Two | Thurs 4th Sept at 10am | Lots 403 to 727
Description
Signed with the monogram and dated 1884, further inscribed and dated ‘Feb. 17. 1867’, watercolour and bodycolour
Dimensions
9cm x 17cm (3.5in x 6.75in)
Footnote
Travelling by ‘the grumpy roary groanery of camels’ across the desert, Lear arrived in Palestine in the spring of 1867 after visiting Egypt during the first months of that year.