Monthly Archives: April 2012

Edward Lear and Crete

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Stephen Duckworth has now created a website to supplement his recent article on “Edward Lear and Crete” (New Griffon 12). It provides plenty of information on Lear’s seven-week stay on the island and also contains a section of pictures, as … Continue reading →

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Mademoiselle Cinderellephant

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Here is a nice adventure of Gustave Verbeek‘s Tiny Tads, from the Boston Sunday Post of 13 July 1913: Peter Maresca’s Sunday Press has published The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek (for which I wrote an article I’ll post here … Continue reading →

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Polly Sleepyhead and the Screen

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

A few years ago I put online an almost complete set of Peter Newell’s comic-strip series, The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead, which appeared in the Chicago Tribune and in a few other newspapers from 25 February 1906 to 22 September … Continue reading →

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Zoological Sketches

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Osmosis between humans and animals is one of the recurring features of Edward Lear’s limericks, and one of the most often commented on by critics. It often involves birds as in the following cases, all from A Book of Nonsense: … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Bicentenary: an Update

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education is organizing a weekend course on Nonsense literature, covering all aspects from the origins of the nursery rhymes to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, on 11-13 May and the programme looks very interesting. Of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, An Arab Encampment at Wady Feiran

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Arab Encampment at Wady Feiran. Signed  with  the  monogram  and  dated  1869  lower  right; inscribed Wady  Feiran  lower  left. Watercolour  over  pencil  heightened  with  bodycolour  and  gum  arabic  on  paper, 17.5  by  37cm.,  7  by  14½in. This … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Philae

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Philae. Signed  with  the  monogram  lower  right;  signed  and  dedicated  on  the  stretcher  Painted  for  Miss  Clementina  Macdonald  Lockhart  Edward  Lear oil  on  canvas 24  by  46cm.,  9½  by  18¼in. Lear’s oil paintings, with few exceptions, were derived … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Sheik Abadeh

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sheik Abadeh on the Nile. Signed  with  the  monogram  lower  right;  inscribed  on  a  label  on  the  stretcher: Edward  Lear/San  Remo/London  Agents/Ford  and  Dickinson/90  Wardour  Street/£25/£20. Oil  on  canvas, 24  by  46.5cm.,  9½  by  18¼in. On his first … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Waiee, India

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Waiee, Bombay Presidency, India. Pencil and grey wash on paper with watermark ‘J WHATMAN/1881’ 15¼ x 22¼in. (39 x 56.5cm.). Lear travelled in India between 1873 and 1875. He docked at Bombay on 22 November 1873 from where … Continue reading →

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