Botanical study including Roses, Fritillaria Imperialis and Bluebells

Botanical study including Roses, Fritillaria Imperialis and Bluebells

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2936

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Botanical study including Roses, Fritillaria Imperialis and Bluebells

Signed lower centre;
E. Lear.
Pencil and watercolour on a cut out cartouche shaped sheet, mounted onto a secondary sheet
16.2 by 21.8 cm., 6 ½ by 8 ¾ in.

Provenance:
Miss Fraser, circa 1830;
K.S. Barrie, 1921;
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 10
th July 1990, lot 1 (part);
Vivien Noakes (1937-2011) and by descent to 2023