Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Akroteri from Khanea, Crete

Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Akroteri from Khanea, Crete dated '10 AM 17 April 1864' (lower left), numbered '(14)' and inscribed 'from Khanea' (lower right); extensively inscribed with colour notes throughout pen, ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of white 16 x 37.5cm (6 1/4 x 14 3/4in). Footnotes: Provenance Private collection. Professor R. M. Dawkins. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1955, including 'A Collection of Mediterranean Views by Edward Lear from the estate of Prof. R.M. Dawkins MA, DLitt, FBA, Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature in the University of Oxford,' lot 54, as Cape Tripiti from Chanea (one of 42 Cretan drawings from the estate of Professor Dawkins) With Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. Colonel L. F. Smeathman, 1956. Private collection, UK (acquired by the grandfather of the present owner). Literature Yale Centre for British Art, 2018, list of works by Lear, written in Lear's hand and that of his executor, Franklin Lushington, no. 12. Fani-Maria Tsigakou, 1977. M. Phil. thesis, p. 526, pl. 334. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com