EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

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06.07.2021 10:00UTC +01:00
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ID 587768
Lot 125 | EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

'There was an old man of Algiers, who was given to shedding of tears'

inscribed 'There was an old man of Algiers,/ Who was given to shedding of tears./ He sat on a Rug,/ And cried into a jug,/ That deplorable man/ of Algiers' (centre left)

pen and brown ink

4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 20 cm.)







Literature

V. Noakes, Edward Lear, The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse, London, 2006, p. 462.





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