Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Nemertska from Kouzza, Albania
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Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888)
Nemertska from Kouzza, Albania
inscribed and dated 'Nemertska from Kouzza/15 April 1857' (lower left), variously annotated throughout
pen, ink and watercolour
32.5 x 52cm (12 13/16 x 20 1/2in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
Lady Shaw.
Thence by descent.
Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 23 May 2007, lot 154.
Private collection, Greece.
Lady Shaw met Lear in Corfu and later acquired this watercolour in London.
Lear first visited Albania in 1848 and recorded his visit in Journals of a Landscape painter in Greece and Albania (1951). He returned in April 1857 to visit the Greek mountain region of Epirus and the villages above the River Vikos, a place he missed on his first trip.
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Nemertska from Kouzza, Albania
inscribed and dated 'Nemertska from Kouzza/15 April 1857' (lower left), variously annotated throughout
pen, ink and watercolour
32.5 x 52cm (12 13/16 x 20 1/2in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
Lady Shaw.
Thence by descent.
Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 23 May 2007, lot 154.
Private collection, Greece.
Lady Shaw met Lear in Corfu and later acquired this watercolour in London.
Lear first visited Albania in 1848 and recorded his visit in Journals of a Landscape painter in Greece and Albania (1951). He returned in April 1857 to visit the Greek mountain region of Epirus and the villages above the River Vikos, a place he missed on his first trip.
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* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
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Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Nemertska from Kouzza, Albania
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