Lear, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Campagna di Roma taken from Cervara Region_Americas Europe’s sixteenth-century quest for geographical

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Lear, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Campagna di Roma taken from Cervara Region_Americas Europe’s sixteenth-century quest for geographicalEdward Lear (British, 1812 1888) The Campagna di Roma taken from Cervara Oil on canvas 25 9 16" x 51" canvas Signed with monogram (lower left); signed, inscribed and dated The Campagna di Roma taken from of Cervara, looking East to the Sabine Hills Painted from drawings made on the spot in 1859, 1860; and completed by me for Walter Congreve Esq. in 1871 Edward Lear San Remo (on a label on the reverse) Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist