EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) VALMONTONE, NEAR TIVOLI inscribed and dated: Lampezza (?)/8 May 1840 pencil 21.5 cm by 41.5 cm; 8 1/2 in by 16 1/4 in sold together with a framed lithograph after Edward Lear, "Bracciano" from Views of Rome and its Environs of 1841 Provenance (drawing of Valmontone): Sir Robin Darwin, RA; with Agnew's (2) The drawing forms part of a group of sketches of the area around Rome from the late 1830s and early 1840s which culminated in Lear's great set of travel prints of the area Views of Rome and its Environs, a lithograph from which is also sold with this lot. The sketch of the figures on horseback (top right in this image) may indeed be a study for the figures at the centre of a lithograph from this celebrated set. A more complete view of Valmontone, dating from 1841, also appeared in the collection of the painter Sir Robin Darwin and was exhibited at the 1986 Royal Academy Edward Lear Exhibition.