The Alexandrian Aqueduct, Roman Campagna with Monte Gennaro and Monte Lionessa beyond

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
The Alexandrian Aqueduct, Roman Campagna with Monte Gennaro and Monte Lionessa beyond

Signed with monogram lower left: EL 1860 and inscribed by the artist on an old label attached to the stretcher: The Alexandrian Acqueduct & Monte Gennaro beyond, Monte Lionefsa/in the distance. - Painted for Henry R. Stansfeld Esqr - from drawings/made there in 1860/by Edward Lear 1860
Oil on canvas
24.3 by 47.2 cm., 9 1/2 by 18 1/2 in.

Provenance:
Painted for Charles Stansfeld;
Bought at Sotheby's in the 1950s;
By descent to the present owner