ID 587758
Lot 124 | EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
'There was an old person whose wish was to swallow a very large fish'
inscribed 'There was an old person whose wish/ Was to swallow a very large fish -/ So he asked his 7 daughters/ To cut it in quarters,/ And boil it for tea in a dish.' (lower left)
pen and brown ink, partial watermark '...37'
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. 462.
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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