EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

Lot 124
06.07.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 9 375
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Lot 124 | 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 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.





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