Mount Sinai, Egypt

EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO) Mount Sinai, Egypt inscribed, dated and numbered 'Sinai/ Jany.27.1849./ 9.-10.-a.m./ 155' (lower right) and further inscribed with artist's notes pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with touches of white on blue-grey paper 7 x 11 3/8 in. (17.8 x 28.9 cm.)