Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Edward Lear
Assiut on the Nile, Egypt
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December 4, 05:39 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Edward Lear
London 1812 - 1888 San Remo
Assiut on the Nile, Egypt
Pen and brown ink and watercolour;
inscribed with artist's colour notes, unframed
138 by 312 mm.
Sale, London, Bonham's, 8 June 2004, lot 58;
with James Mackinnon
with James Mackinnon
Having initially travelled to Egypt in 1849, Lear conducted two further trips to that country, firstly during the winter of 1853-4 and then again between December and March of 1866-7. On both of these later trips he explored the great river Nile.
The town of Assiut is on the western shore of the Nile, approximately half way between Cairo and Luxor.