EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

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£ 3 500
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06.07.2021 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 587756
Lot 122 | EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

'There was an old person of Calais, who lived in a blue marble palace'

inscribed 'There was an old person of Calais/ Who lived in a blue marble palace./ But in coming downstairs,/ He encountered some bears/ Who devoured that old person of Calais.' (upper left)

pen and brown ink

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. 116.





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