Edward Lear

Inscribed and dated l.r.: Amalphi./8 June. 1844, pen and brown ink on buff paper

50 x 36 cm

Lear lived in Rome from 1841 until 1848 as part of an international community of artists. He had a comfortable income, as sales of his work went well. During the summers he travelled to other parts of Italy, producing fluent drawings such as the present example. His love of nonsense can be seen in the spelling of ‘Amalphi’.

Provenance: Nicolas Powell (1920–86); thence by descent until 2017