EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

Lot 121
06.07.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 4 375
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Lot 121 | EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

'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.





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