Monthly Archives: February 2019

Inventing Edward Lear

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

It is not easy to review Sara Lodge’s Inventing Edward Lear (amazon.co.uk, amazon.com); it presents such a wealth of details that it is impossible to do it justice. In this scholarly study, Lodge proposes interpretations of almost all Lear’s classic … Continue reading →

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Concert of Edward Lear’s Words and Music

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

The Words and Music of Edward Lear David Owen Norris, Piano and Mark Wilde, Tenor The Edinburgh Society of Musicians, 3 Belford Road Saturday 9th March at 3:15pm We are all familiar with Edward Lear’s nonsense poems but he was also … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Adam’s Peak.

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Adam’s Peak, Columbo, Ceylon. Inscribed 23 Nov 8:30 am lower left and further inscribed with artists colour notes. Pencil and wash. 5 x 22.2 cm (2 x 8 3/4 inches). Provenance Christopher Fry and thence by descent. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Landscape with Ruin (1846)

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Desert landscape with ruin. Signed and dated 1846. Pencil heightened with white on buff paper. 12.5 x 23cm; 5 x 9in. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Lake Nemi

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Lake Nemi. Inscribed with artist’s colour notes in pencil. Pencil on buff paper. 23.5 x 40.5 cm (9 1/4 x 16 inches). Provenance With Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, Old Bond Street; Christopher Fry and thence by descent. The Saleroom. Lear … Continue reading →

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Eliot’s The Naming of Cats illustrated by Edward Gorey

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

T.S. Eliot, The Naming of Cats, illustrated by Edward Gorey. From The American Poetry Review, Vol. 11, No. 4 (JULY/AUGUST 1982), p. 9.

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A Parallelebiped

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

From Il Sole 24 ore, Sunday 10 February 2019.

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