3. Drawings by Edward Lear without an identified number
Each entry has the following details where available :
Location illustrated
Date and time of drawing in 1864
Size
Present owner, provenance and other notes
The numbering of this list is for reference purposes only, and is not Lear's numbering.
1
Plain of Riza-Kanea
13 & 14/4
8 a.m.
31 x 53 cm
Private collection (sold Christie’s London, 5 November 1974, lot 174 not illustrated, prov. presented by Professor Dawkins to Major Alexander Fielding DSO, £315).
2
Plain between Canea and Kastelli
14/4 10 a.m.
15.2 x 37.8 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 50 – sold to Agnew, £30 and thence to private collector 1956
3
Canea
15/4 9 a.m.
36.8 x 56.2 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 52 – sold to Spink, £80. From above an olive grove behind the town, mountains on the far side of the bay
4
Gulf of Suda
15/4 2.15 p.m.
22.5 x 36 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 53 - sold to Agnew, £45 and thence to private collector 1956. Looking towards Cape Drepano
5
Akroteri and Suda Bay
18/4
19.0 x 53.3 cm
FMT 527 – Private collection
? Lear 16
6
Akroteri, from above Mournies
18/4
9.5 x 35.5 cm
Private collection (exhib. Craddock and Barnard 1937 (or earlier), One Hundred Landscape Drawings by Edward Lear, cat. 58, ‘fine panoramic effect’, 4 guineas).
FMT 528
Lear 17
7
Cretan village
22/4 7 a.m.
20.6 x 34.6 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 59 – sold to Finch with another drawing, £13. Village in a plain.
Lear 27
8
Akrotiri
22/4
16.5 x 30.5 cm
Private collection (exhib. Craddock and Barnard 1937, One Hundred Landscape Drawings by Edward Lear, cat. 61, ‘very fine treatment of plain and distant mountains’, 6 guineas)
? Lear 30
9
Agia Triada, Akrotiri
22/4
30.5 x 48.2
Private collection (sold Sotheby’s, London, 3 April 1996, lot 191, £9,000)
Lear 28
10
Mountains from Canea
23/4 8.30 a.m.
34.3 x 53.3 cm
11
Coast near Gonia
26/4 5.15 p.m.
16.5 x 53.3 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 66 - sold to Fine Arts Society, £30
12
Ghonia
26/4 5.30 p.m.
Unattributed (illus. RF p.43) Rocks and sea
13
Near Kissamos
27/4
Patrick Leigh Fermor (illus RF 2nd ed.p.47). Seven male figures and one female in Cretan dress.
14
Monastery
27/4 7.30 a.m.
35.5 x 54 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 67 - sold to Heathcoat-Amory, £85. A fortified monastery near the coast. This will be Ghonia monastery.
? Lear 46
15
Cape Spada
28/4 1.30 p.m.
16.8 x 36.8 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 68 – sold to W.C. Wilder, £25. Cape Spada from below Polia.
? Lear 54
16
Perivolia, Rethymnon
3/5
Patrick Leigh Fermor (illus RF 2nd ed. p.39). 19 male figures in Cretan dress and goats.
17
Island in the Gulf of Suda
4/5 7.30 a.m.
10.8 x 31.4 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 69 - sold to Hon.S. Runciman, £40 with Lear 59)
? Lear 70
18
Neohori
4/5
Patrick Leigh Fermor (illus. RF 2nd ed. p.53). Seated male figure, smaller figure on a mule, inset.
19
Lake Kourna
Undated, but must be 5/5
Patrick Leigh Fermor (illus. RF 2nd ed. p.57). Nine male figures sleeping.
20
Petres Kamaras
6/5 7 a.m.
7.0 x 13.0 cm
FMT 544 pl.341 – private collection
? Lear 80
21
Retimo in the Gulf of Armyro
7/5 9 a.m.
10.8 x 31.1 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 71 – sold to Agnew with a sheet of three figure and landscape studies, £40.
? Lear 86
22
Mount Ida, from the ‘Persia’
9/5 early evening
7.0 x 25.4 cm
Private collection (exhib. Craddock and Barnard 1937, One Hundred Landscape drawings by Edward Lear, cat. 63, ‘a perfect little gem’, 4 guineas).
? Lear 102 or 104
23
Kako Vouno,
Petres Kamares, Apokoronas, Apokoronas
i) Apokorona
21/5 5.30 p.m.
ii) Kako Vouno
21/5 7.30 a.m.
iii) Petres Kamares
21/5 8 a.m.
iv) Apokorona
22/5 6.30 a.m.
All 7.5 x 13.5 cm
Genn 6 (illus. FRW 61-64 and Thess 75). Four small unnumbered drawings, with 61-63 wrongly titled in FRW and with 75 I and III wrongly titled in Thess – titles reversed. The 21 May view of Apokoronas was also illustrated in the second edition of RF, p.95.
FMT 604 pl.352, 605 pl.350, 606 pl.351, 608 pl.353 – 608 exhib. Athens 1966, no.51
24
Our mule, 8am ?
22/5
Patrick Leigh Fermor (illus. RF 2nd ed. p.96). Mule with large load, also captioned Konstandis Manosakis.
25
Khanea
29/5
FMT 626 – Private collection
26
Untitled
Undated
Patrick Leigh Fermor (illus. RF 2nd ed. p.95). Small figure of sleeping Cretan.
27
Kanea
Undated
5 x 17.5 cm
Private collection (sold by Guy Peppiatt Fine Art 2009). 15 Cretans walking or on horseback.
28
View of Mount Ida from ascent to the Sphakia Mountains
Undated
17.1 x 36.8 cm
Sold to Agnew (Christie’s London,17 March 1961, lot 60, £115.10s.).
? Lear 169
29
View on Crete
Undated
16.5 x 26.0 cm
Private collection (sold Christie’s London, November 2003, lot 55, £6,000 (illus); previously sold to Agnew, Christie’s London, 11 November 1958, lot 30 not illustrated, prov. property of Franklin H. Lushington, ex collection Sir F. Lushington, £37.16s.).
Travelling figures and animals with bay in distance.
30
Mount Ida
Undated
7.5 x 17.8 cm
Private collection (sold Anderson & Garland, Newcastle on Tyne, 12 December 1995, lot 311, £1,250)
31
Rethymnos, Canea
1864
Private collection (sold Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1960, £110 with another view)
Views of Sunium, R, C, and a harbour in the Eastern Mediterranean, three dated 1864, different sizes, four on one mount.
32
Flowing like a crystal river, Platania, Crete
Undated
31.5 x 52 cm
Private collection (sold Sothebys, London, 19 February 1987, lot 160, £750 ; from Sir John and Lady Witt collection, prov. also Sir Osbert Sitwell). One of a series of drawings Lear used to develop watercolours for a projected edition of Tennyson’s poems to illustrate the poem ‘The Poet’s Mind’, but unused. Lear note : ‘windy plains of Troy/Ithaca’. See List 4, no.5
33
Untitled
Undated
Dawkins sale 1955, probably part of lot 49 – sold to Agnew with Lear 2 for £35. Sheet of studies split into four for sales to private collectors by Agnew in 1956, one of which represented Cretan peasants, one 'The Fiesta', and two of a Cape.
34
Near Canea
Undated
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 55 – sold to Agnew with 35 below, £12, and thence to private collector 1957
35
Near Canea
Undated
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 55 – sold to Agnew with 34 above, £12, and thence to private collector 1956
36
Three children on one patient ass
Undated
20 x 31.5 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 57 – sold to Fine Arts Society with Lear 24, £45,
37
Arum dranunculus
Undated - possibly 18/4 – see Journal
Dawkins sale 1955, part of lot 63 – sold to Agnew with possible Lear 33 (9 above), £65, and thence to Sotheby’s 1956. Three studies of the plant on one mount.
? amongst Lear 18 A-E as 18E is an arum
38
Landscape near Canea
26/4 ?
Dawkins sale 1955, part of lot 64 – sold to Heathcote-Amory with 39 and 40 below, £50.
39
Landscape near Canea
26/4?
As 38 above
40
Landscape near Canea
26/4?
As 38 above
41
A rocky defile
Undated
14 x 23 cm
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 70 – sold to Agnew with Lear 79 and 42 below, £40, and thence to private collector 1957
42
Cretan landscapes and botanical studies
Undated
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 70 – sold to Agnew with Lear 79 and 41 above, £40, and thence to private collector 1956.
Single sheet.
43
Near Khania
Undated
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 71 – sold to Agnew with 21 above and 44 and 45 below, £40, and thence to private collector 1956
44
Coast of Crete
Undated
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 71 – sold to Agnew, as 43 above
45
Studies
Undated
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 71 – sold to Agnew, as 43 above
46-53
Cretan landscapes
1864 Approx 12.5 x 20.0 cm each
Dawkins sale 1955, lot 73 – sold to Agnew as eight Cretan landscapes, £82, and thence to private collectors 1955 and 1956.
54
Sleeping men
Undated
5 x 12 cm
Private collection, purchased from Moore-Gwyn Fine Art 2014, prev. Bonhams Knightsbridge 6 December 2012, lot 143, sold at £2,125 with three other small drawings, prev. Thomas Agnew & Sons.
55
Cretan coast at Rethymnon
8th May 1864, 6 p.m.
7 x 28 cm on two sheets
Private collection, purchased from Moore-Gwyn Fine Art 2013, prev. Bonhams Knightsbridge 6 December 2012, lot 143, sold at £2,125 with three other small drawings, prev. Thomas Agnew & Sons. Pencil notes – Psiloritis and Perivolia from the house of Mr Constantine Kalokarinos in Rethimo (in Greek, and with English notes.
56
Priests
22 April 1864
approx. 9 x 14 cm
Private collection, purchased from Moore-Gwyn Fine Art 2013, prev. Bonhams Knightsbridge 6 December 2012, lot 143, sold at £2,125 with three other small drawings. Inscribed in Greek and English : Chorodia is the name of the monastery I visited yesterday, the priest/Goergios Petrides/from Kalikrati,Sfakia/Vernakis Jeremias/ ?(2)2 April 1864.