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Edward Lear
1812-1888
Traveler in Albania
Pen and brown ink on paper.
8 7/8 x 7 3/16 inches (225 x 182 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Paul Pennoyer, 1963.
2007.88c
Notes: 

Part of 11 drawings including a nonsense rhyme, seven with humorous texts and three landscapes.

Inscription: 

Inscribed with, "you popular author and traveler in albania and Calabria, keeping his feet warm 1. the traveler, 2. railway luggage, 3. the author's clothes, 4. his hat box, 5. his chest of drawers, 6. his chair, 7. his large chest, 8. his wash table, 9. his 'duffing' table, 10. traveler's boots, 11. his sparkling looking glasses, 12. his table, 13. his 'tin tube', 14. his china tub, 15. his 'matting rolled uppe' [sic], 16. his quadrangular pincushion, 17. his jug, 18. his flask of gunpowder, 19. his pickle jars. 20. his beautiful wicker chair, 21. the graceful cherubs thats appeared to the author when he fell asleep."

Provenance: 
Mrs. Paul Pennoyer.
Associated names: 

Pennoyer, Frances, 1897-1989, former owner.

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Lear, Edward
School: 
British
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints