Seven views of the Lake District

Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum

1836

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.

• Medium: pencil & watercolour
• Dimensions: 16.8 x 25.4cm
• Art Fund Grant: £16068 ( Total: £22,048)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

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

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