ID 587755
Los 121 | EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Schätzwert
£ 3 000 – 5 000
'There was an old person of Skye, who was nearly a hundred feet high'
inscribed 'There was an old person of Skye,/ Who was nearly a hundred feet high;/ He seemed to the people/ As tall as a steeple,/ And served as a lighthouse on Skye.' (upper left)
pen and brown ink, partial watermark '18...'
4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.5 x 20 cm.)
Literature
V. Noakes, Edward Lear, The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse, London, 2006, p. 461.
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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