Lot 123
  • 123

Edward Lear

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edward Lear
  • Rome, a view of the Forum from a terrace
  • signed and dated lower right: 14 / E. Lear f. 1841
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945), Crewe Hall, Cheshire and later Crewe House, Curzon Street, London from circa 1901;
Thence by descent.

Literature

Crewe House, London, Inventory, vol. 2, 1914, p.90, Corridor from Entrance Hall to Staircase;
Manuscript Catalogue of Pictures at West Horsley, n.d., vol. 3, p. 70.