Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Taormina and Mount Etna, Palermo

Posted on October 4, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Taormina and Mount Etna, Palermo. Watercolor and ink, located and dated. 32 x 48 cm – 12,6 x 18,9 in. Provenance Anonymous sale; Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, 27 November 1991, lot 106. Invaluable.

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Edward Lear, Cefalù (1842)

Posted on October 2, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cefalù. Charcoal and white highlights, signed, dated and located. 17 x 26 cm – 6,7 x 10,2 in. Provenance Vente anonyme, Christie’s, Londres, 18 juillet 1989, n°180 Invaluable.

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Edward Lear, Olive Trees in the Garden of Gethsemane (1858)

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

MAM712793 Olive Trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, 1858 (w/c on paper) by Lear, Edward (1812-88); Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA, USA; © Mead Art Museum.

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Edward Lear, Lago Maggiore from Stresa (1867)

Posted on September 23, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Lago Maggiore from Stresa. Dated and titled ‘6-7 AM May 31. 1867’ (lower left), numbered ‘(200)’ (lower right) and with pencil annotations (in mountains). Watercolour and pencil. 32 x 52cm Provenance The Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, … Continue reading →

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A.E. Stallings, Four Ways of Looking at a Hoopoe

Posted on September 22, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

From the London Review of Books, Vol. 48 No. 17 · 24 September 2026, perhaps not really nonsense, not limericks, but almost: Hoopoe is the thing With feathers, and a crest, Or else a thing with feathers, Striped wings, and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Autograph Letter Signed, to the wife of painter William Holman Hunt (1881)

Posted on September 19, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear Autograph Letter Signed, to the wife of painter William Holman Hunt, explaining that the delayed reply to “Daddy’s” letter [Lear’s nickname for Mr. Hunt] was due to illness, expressing sympathy for the troubles of John Everett Millais and [Edward] … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Certosa del Pesio (San Bartolomeo) (1870)

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Certosa del Pesio (San Bartolomeo). Pencil, pen and brown ink, inscribed with title and dated August 1870 lower right, 31 x 48.5cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Bordighera

Posted on September 3, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bordighera. Signed and inscribed Bordighiera [sic] Edw Lear del (in ink, lower left). Watercolour and bodycolour, with pen and sepia ink. 14.5 x 22.5cm; 5¾ x 8¾in In December 1864, Lear would have arrived in Bordighera, on the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monaco

Posted on August 31, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monaco. Signed and inscribed Monaco Edw Lear del (in ink, lower right). Watercolour, with pen and sepia ink. 14.7 x 22.5cm; 5¾ x 8¾in Lear wrote to his friend Chichester Fortescue in November 1864 that he ‘had no … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mentone

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mentone. Signed and inscribed Mentone/ Edw Lear del (in ink, lower right). Watercolour, with pen and sepia ink, heightened with scratching out. 14.3 x 22.3cm; 5½ x 8¾in In correspondence to a friend in November 1864, Lear wrote … Continue reading →

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