EDWARD LEAR (BRITISH 1812-1888)
WADY HALFA, EGYPT
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. 3, 1867, watercolour and bodycolour
Dimensions
9cm x 17cm (3.5in x 6.75in)
Provenance
Walker Galleries, London;
Christie's, London, 26 January 1984, lot 178.
Footnote
The present work closely relates to a watercolour of the same subject and date at the Yale Center for British Art (inv. no. B1997.7.191).