Six Illustrations to Tennyson's Poems

Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

Bristol University Library

1880 - 1883

6 drawings, from the first set made for reproduction, of scenes from India, Palestine, Egypt and Albania mounted in pairs on sheets with notes on the view and relevant quotation from Tennyson. Part of group of 200 illustrations to landscape allusions.

• Medium: grey wash
• Dimensions: 9 x 14 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £495 ( Total: £1,980)
• ArtFunded in: 1981
• Vendor: Spink & Son

Provenance

Tennyson family; Research Centre Lincoln; Sotheby's 1980, and broken into separate drawings.

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