Edward Lear
1812-1888
Sleeping and Dreaming
9 1/16 x 7 7/16 inches (230 x 189 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
2007.88k
Gift of Mrs. Paul Pennoyer, 1963.
Notes
Part of 11 drawings including a nonsense rhyme, seven with humorous texts and three landscapes.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed with, "I sleep and back to my early days-Did roaming [ ] room-when my heart was light and my eyes were bright, and my room a happy one. When I dreamed I was moving and my art was free from care, about my parents ? / Once again I was rising before in childhood. Ist rays on my hand, think play. It wont turn each [ ]?"
Associated names
Pennoyer, Frances, 1897-1989, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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