EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

Lot 127
06.07.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 587778
Lot 127 | EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

'There was a young person whose chin, resembled the point of a pin'

inscribed 'There was a young person whose chin,/ Resembled the point of a pin: so she had it made sharp/ & purchased a harp - & played several tunes on her chin' (lower centre)

pen and brown ink on paper blindstamped 'SUPER LONDON'

4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (11.1 x 18.1 cm.)







Literature

E. Lear, A Book of Nonsense, London, 1861, p. 12.

V. Noakes, Edward Lear, The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse, London, 2006, p. 461.





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