Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coloured Views in the Seven Ionian Islands

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

From a coloured copy of Views in the Seven Ionian Islands (1863). folio (497 x 333 mm). (λίγα στίγματα οξείδωσης στον τίτλο). Λιθόγραφος τίτλος με βινιέτα και 20 λιθογραφίες χαραγμένες από τον Lear με βάση σχέδιά του, ΟΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΧΡΩΜΑΤΙΣΜΕΝΕΣ ΜΕ … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A Group of Owls

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A Group of Owls, from Birds of Europe, c. 1835. A group of 5 lithographs with hand-coloring on wove paper, printed by C. Hullmandel, London. Barn Owl – Strix flammea; Barred Owl – Strix neblosa; Great Cinereous Owl – … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, S. Gregorio & Tivoli

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Tivoli and San Gregorio, a pair, the first inscribed ‘Tivoli’ (lower left); the other inscribed and dated ‘S.Grigorio [sic]/23rd April’ (lower left). Pen and ink and wash, heightened with white. The first 7 x 17.2cm (2 3/4 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Turbìa (1864)

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Turbìa (La Turbie in southeastern France, 31 December 1864. Watercolour and ink with traces of pencil. 36 x 53.5cm. Erroneously titled “Turkish Landscape, Dec. 1864” at MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, the Caetani and Ninfa

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

My essay is now out and available either on Amazon and the publisher’s website. Marco Graziosi, “Prima di Gregorovius: Edward Lear, i Caetani e Ninfa.” In Ninfa: Percezioni nella scienza, letteratura e belle arti nel XIX e all’inizio del XX … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A Palm, Agrigento, Sicily (1847)

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A Palm, Agrigento, Sicily (1847). Ink on paper. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (sheet), 17 x 14 1/2 in. (frame). MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Two Early Botanical Studies (1828)

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Marco Graziosi
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Reviews of the Ikon Exhibition: Edward Lear Moment by Moment

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

I’m starting a tour of Wales &c. today and will be away for a couple of weeks, but I want to recommend again the Ikon exhibition in Birmingham, and in particular the great catalogue, with essays by Matthew Bevis, Jenny … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Civita d’Antino (1844)

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Civita d’Antino Pencil, chalk and white heightening. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1844. 6.5×11.25 inches. Framed: 15.5×19 inches. Illustrated Edward Lear, ‘Excursions in Italy’, 1846, plate 20. Provenance John Scandrett Harford (1787-1866), who first met Lear in Italy in … Continue reading →

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On Lear’s Rebus (again)

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Hayley Gold (@hayleyrabbit) – a sample of her artwork is here above while her books are available here – and I are unconvinced  by the seller’s interpretation of the Edward Lear rebus I posted some time ago and have been trying … Continue reading →

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