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Edward Lear, Catania and Mount Etna

Edward Lear

British · 1812–1888 · Painter, Printmaker

Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Edward Lear, Corfu From The Village Of Ascension, Lear worked with an exacting and accomplished technique in thinned oilCorfu From The Village Of AscensionLawrences Auctioneers · £34,000≈ $45,485≈ €40,856Sign up to see
  2. Edward Lear, Areka Palm in Hugh Nevill's Garden, Ratnapoora, pen and brown ink and washAreka Palm in Hugh Nevill's Garden, RatnapooraSworders · £3,800≈ $5,095≈ €4,384Sign up to see
  3. Edward Lear, Sermione, Lago di Garda, watercolourSermione, Lago di GardaToovey's · £3,400≈ $4,338≈ €4,030Sign up to see

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  1. Edward Lear, Studies of a building, trees and a distant Roman aqueduct, possibly the Anio Novus, pencil on blue paper
    Studies of a building, trees and a distant Roman aqueduct, possibly the Anio Novus
    Drawing · Paper
    25.5 x 41cm; framed 45.5 x 60cm
    Sworders · · Lot 101
    £750≈ $1,006≈ €865HammerSign up free to seeEst. £600–800View at Sworders ↗
  2. Edward Lear, Areka Palm in Hugh Nevill's Garden, Ratnapoora, pen and brown ink and wash
    Areka Palm in Hugh Nevill's Garden, Ratnapoora
    Drawing
    44.5 x 24.5cm; framed 66 x 45cm
    Sworders · · Lot 102
    £3,800≈ $5,095≈ €4,384HammerSign up free to seeEst. £400–600View at Sworders ↗
  3. Edward Lear, A mountainous landscape, pen and brown ink over pencil
    A mountainous landscape
    Drawing
    30 x 50cm; framed 55.5 x 73.5cm
    Sworders · · Lot 104
    £1,000≈ $1,341≈ €1,154HammerSign up free to seeEst. £800–1,200View at Sworders ↗
  4. Edward Lear, Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, Plate 17, lithograph
    Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, Plate 17
    Lithograph
    190 x 110mm
    Art+Object · · Lot 202
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NZ$500–1,000View at Art+Object ↗
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