A View Of Corte, Corsica From The Road Leading To Bastia, May 19th-21st, 1868
Signed with monogram "EL" lower leftSheet 4.8 x 7.7 in - 12.3 x 19.5 cm
drawn in 1868
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "International Art" held on Thu, Dec 6, 2018.
Lot 815
Lot 815
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $15,600
Realised: CAD $15,600
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
The Leger Galleries Limited, London, UK;
From whom purchased by the Private Collection, Hamilton, Ontario in 1985
Literature:
Edward Lear, "Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica", London, 1870, p. 173, pl. XXIX
Notes:
Edward Lear left for Corsica on 8th April, 1868 in the company of the writer John Addington Symonds. Lear had originally intended to travel to Palestine, but decided to instead visit Corsica with the intention of publishing an illustrated journal. Afterwards Lear explored the island exhaustively, visiting the important town of Corte situated almost in the centre of the island between the 19th and 21st of May.
Edward Lear's "Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica" was the last of Lear's travel books and was where he adopted the technique of wood engraving to prepare the plates.
The Leger Galleries Limited, London, UK;
From whom purchased by the Private Collection, Hamilton, Ontario in 1985
Literature:
Edward Lear, "Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica", London, 1870, p. 173, pl. XXIX
Notes:
Edward Lear left for Corsica on 8th April, 1868 in the company of the writer John Addington Symonds. Lear had originally intended to travel to Palestine, but decided to instead visit Corsica with the intention of publishing an illustrated journal. Afterwards Lear explored the island exhaustively, visiting the important town of Corte situated almost in the centre of the island between the 19th and 21st of May.
Edward Lear's "Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica" was the last of Lear's travel books and was where he adopted the technique of wood engraving to prepare the plates.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.