Lot 55 · Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours
Eze, Côte d'Azur, France
Edward Lear · pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with touches of white, on blue paper
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $13,096–$19,644
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours, London · 16 December 2009
- Dimensions
- 13 3/8 x 19½ in. (33.3 x 49.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5149521
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-5149521 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5149521
Edward Lear, Eze, Côte d'Azur, France. Christie's, 16 Dec 2009, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5149521.
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Edward Lear, Eze, Côte d'Azur, France. Christie's, 16 Dec 2009, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5149521.
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From the same sale Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours · Dec 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Promise (La Madonna di Promessa) | Edward Reginald Frampton | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Spring | William Savage Cooper | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Lake Thun with the Schlöss Oberhofen | Edward Lear | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Alfred Munnings reading | Harold Knight | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Le Carnival | Dame Laura Knight | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Storm over our town, Malvern | Dame Laura Knight | £40,000–£60,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | Akroteri from Khanea, Crete | $17,089 | Bonhams, Sep 2023 | |
| Edward Lear | View of Philae at Sunset, Egypt | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Edward Lear | Venice, looking towards San Giorgio Maggiore | Bonhams, Jun 2020 | ||
| Edward Lear | San Remo | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Edward Lear | The Nile at Kasr-es-Saad | Bonhams, Sep 2023 | ||
| Edward Lear | "And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Edward Lear | Boats on the Nile near Deir El Kadige | Bonhams, Jun 2020 | ||
| Edward Lear | Castel Lagopesole, Southern Italy | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.