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Edward Lear
1812-1888
Wady Halfeh, Nile, Nubia.
Brush and gray wash on paper.
3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (95 x 146 mm)
Gift of John M. Thayer.
2003.35
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This drawing and "Mt. Aeta (from Lamia), Greece" (2003.36) are two sheets from a set of two hundred illustrations to Tennyson's poems. After Lear's death, a limited edition of three poems and twenty-two illustrations was published with the signature of the poet. Lear presented the drawings to Tennyson, and they remained with the Tennyson papers until 1980.
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John M. Thayer.
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