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Seven views of the Lake District (© Wordsworth Trust)
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© Wordsworth Trust

Seven views of the Lake District

Artist: Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

Location: Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum

Date: 1836

Materials: pencil & watercolour

Dimensions: 16.8 x 25.4cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £16,068 (Total: £22,048)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 5231 (2003)

Provenance:
Allan Nevill (artist's godson); by descent; Christie's.

Description:
7 drawings from early in the artist's career: 1) Derwentwater, Looking into the Jaws of Borrowdale; 2) Derwentwater; 3) Buttermere; 4) Wastdale Head; 5) Grassmere Looking Towards Helm Crag and Steel Fell; 6) Bassenthwaite; 7) Crummockwater.

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