Corfu by Edward Lear, 1812-1888. Signed with monogram. Oil on canvas, 8 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches.
References
The Rediscovery of Greece: Travellers and Romantics in the 19th centuryr. London: The Fine Art Society, 1979. No. 126.
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