EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

Lot 126
06.07.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 5 625
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Lot 126 | EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
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£ 2 500 – 3 500
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)

'There was an old man of Toulouse who purchased a new pair of shoes'

inscribed 'There was an old man of Toulouse/ who purchased a new pair of shoes;/ When they asked, "Are they pleasant?" He said, "Not at present."/ That turbid old man of Toulouse.' (lower centre)

pen and brown ink

5 ½ x 6 1/8 in. (14 x 15.6 cm.)







Exhibited

E. Lear, More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany Etc., London, 1872, p. 10.

V. Noakes, Edward Lear, The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse, London, 2006, p. 332.





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