Description
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)
DHOWS ON THE NILE
dated 29 Dec, numbered (6) and inscribed with colour notes, pencil and watercolour, 6.5 x 23cm
Lear visited Egypt for the second time in December 1853. He had intended to rondezvous with William Holman Hunt in Cairo, but Hunt was delayed. After dithering for a few...