Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol
Edward Lear
The Island of Philae, above the First Cataract on the Nile, from the South, Afternoon
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October 24, 01:12 PM GMT
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150,000 - 200,000 GBP
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Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol
Edward Lear
British
1812 - 1888
The Island of Philae, above the First Cataract on the Nile, from the South, Afternoon
signed and dated E. Lear 1855 lower right; inscribed, signed and dated Philae/ Edward Lear 1855/ I will see before I die/ The Palms and Temples of the south on a label on the reverse
oil on canvas
Unframed: 90.5 by 148.5cm., 35¾ by 58½in.
Framed: 106 by 163.5cm., 41¾ by 64¼in.
Purchased from the artist by William Neville Esq. of Highbury, with whom it remained until his death in 1874 when it was bequeathed to the artist in memory of their friendship
Sale: Spink & Son, London, 29 November 1976
Purchased from the above by Martin R. Davies, Bristol
London, Royal Academy, 1856, no. 625
Royal Academy, London, Edward Lear 1812-1888, no. 52
Lady Strachey, The Letters of Edward Lear, London, 1907, p. 314, no. 116
Amelia Edwards, A Thousand Miles up the Nile, London, 1974, illustrated in reverse on the cover
Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear 1812-1888, London, 1985, pp. 146-147, illustrated p. 38
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