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EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) "There was an old man who said `How, -shall I flee from this horrible Cow . . ."
Illustration for Lear's A Book of Nonsense, Third edition (London, 1861). Pen and ink on blue paper. 140x177 mm; 5 1/2x7 7/8 inches, sheet. Captioned in ink below image. Float mounted on stepped matte and framed; Beetles label on frame verso. Provenance: Chris Beetles, "The Illustrators, 29 Nov - 15 Dec 1989, Number 179; Christie's, London, 1996; private collection, purchased from the above.
