EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) "There was an old man who said `How, -shall I flee from this horrible Cow .
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EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)
"There was an old man who said `How, -shall I flee from this horrible Cow . . ." Illustration for Lear's A Book of Nonsense, Third edition (London, 1861). Pen and ink on blue paper. 140x177 mm; 5½x7 inches, sheet. Captioned in ink below image. Float mounted on stepped matte and framed; Beetles label on frame verso.Provenance: Chris Beetles, "The Illustrators, 29 Nov - 15 Dec 1989, Number 179; Christie's, London, 1996; private collection, purchased from the above.
"There was an old man who said `How, -shall I flee from this horrible Cow . . ." Illustration for Lear's A Book of Nonsense, Third edition (London, 1861). Pen and ink on blue paper. 140x177 mm; 5½x7 inches, sheet. Captioned in ink below image. Float mounted on stepped matte and framed; Beetles label on frame verso.Provenance: Chris Beetles, "The Illustrators, 29 Nov - 15 Dec 1989, Number 179; Christie's, London, 1996; private collection, purchased from the above.
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EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) "There was an old man who said `How, -shall I flee from this horrible Cow .
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