Edward Lear (1812-1888)

细节

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Flora
signed, inscribed, and dated 'E. Lear/Flora/1831'; pencil and watercolour heightened with gum arabic, unframed
9 x 7in. (229 x 178mm.)

来源

Davis Galleries, New York

拍品专文

For a similar vignette drawing of the same size, date and form of inscription see the Javanese Peacock in the Houghton Library, Harvard University (repr. in colour, V. Noakes, Edward Lear 1812-1888, exhibition catalogue, Royal Academy, 1981, p.25 no.50); slightly smaller and from 1830 is Mrs Wentworth's Bird (repr. V. Noakes, The Painter Edward Lear, 1991, p.33 in colour)