Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol
Edward Lear
"And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South"
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Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol
Edward Lear
London 1812–1888 San Remo
"And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South"
signed with initials lower right: EL
oil on canvas
unframed: 48.5 x 75.5 cm.; 19 x 29¾ in.
framed: 63 x 89.8 cm.; 24¾ x 35¼ in.
Commissioned by Chichester Fortesque in 1856;
Thence by descent to Charles Towneley Strachey, Lord O'Hagan M.E.P;
His sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 November 1993, lot 21;
Where acquired by Martin R. Davies, Bristol.
Lady Strachey (ed.), Letters of Edward Lear, London 1907, p. 35.
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