Edward Lear (1812-1888)

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Monaco
Signed and inscribed Monaco Edw Lear del (in ink, lower right)
Watercolour, with pen and sepia ink
14.7 x 22.5cm; 5¾ x 8¾in

Lear wrote to his friend Chichester Fortescue in November 1864 that he 'had no idea the Cornice was so magnificent in scenery; Eza [sic Eze] and Monaco are wondrously picturesque, and Mentone very pretty'.