Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
Property from the Estate of the late Ian Morin (1935-2023)
Villefranche
No reserve
Lot Closed
July 4, 11:58 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of the late Ian Morin (1935-2023)
Edward Lear
London 1812 - 1888 San Remo
Villefranche-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur, France
inscribed lower left: Villefranche / 29. January 1865 10.45 AM, and with further colour notes
pen and brown ink and watercolour
229 by 318 mm
The Rev. Percy Mordaunt Barnard (1868-1941) and his wife Alice, née Barnand,
Thence by descent to their daughter, Nea Morin (1905-1986),
Thence by descent to the present owners
Villefranche is a fortified port in the Alpes Maritimes, around three miles east of Nice. Lear took lodgings in Nice during the winter of 1864-5 and made many sketches at Villefranche during this time. Other on-the-spot drawings, showing the scene from this viewpoint, include one executed on the 30 November 1864 (see London, Christie's, 5 June 2006, lot 63 - £33,600) and another which was drawn on the morning of 5 February 1865 (see London, Christie's, 27 July 2020, lot 104 - £25,000).
For another drawing made by Lear on the Côte d'Azur during the winter of 1864-5, see lot 281.
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