Geneva from Petit Saconnex, Switzerland
Geneva from Petit Saconnex, Switzerland
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Geneva from Petit Saconnex, SwitzerlandInscribed lower right: Geneva from Petit Saconnex and dated lower centre: Sept. 8. 1837Pencil heightened with white on grey paper, with cut corners16.5 by 25cm., 6 ½ by 9 ¾ in. Petit Saconnex is a suburb to the north-west of Geneva. To the left is visible Lake Geneva with the spires of the Cathedral of St Peter in the distance. Another view of Geneva by Lear also dated 8th September 1837 is in the Houghton Library, Harvard College Library.Provenance:Anonymous sale, Sotheby's 13th March 1986, lot 145;Private Collection until 2007){kind=link}
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Geneva from Petit Saconnex, Switzerland
Inscribed lower right: Geneva from Petit Saconnex and dated lower centre: Sept. 8. 1837
Pencil heightened with white on grey paper, with cut corners
16.5 by 25cm., 6 ½ by 9 ¾ in.
Petit Saconnex is a suburb to the north-west of Geneva. To the left is visible Lake Geneva with the spires of the Cathedral of St Peter in the distance. Another view of Geneva by Lear also dated 8th September 1837 is in the Houghton Library, Harvard College Library.
Provenance:
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's 13th March 1986, lot 145;
Private Collection until 2007