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Letter from Edward Lear to Richard Ford

1853

Title

Letter from Edward Lear to Richard Ford

Date

1853

Archive reference number

NGA48/2/2/77

Description

Offering Richard and Mary Ford an opportunity to view Lear's recently completed painting 'Syracuse, from the ancient Quarries' where the Athenians were imprisoned', requesting advice about the climate of Granada, of which the panorama of which in Ford's Handbook for Travellers in Spain has made Lear 'frantic', and reporting having recently seen Philip's painting of the Seville dance.

Record type

Item

Custodial history

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