Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear’s 1863 Tour of the Ionian Islands

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In the spring of 1863, just before the Ionian Islands were ceded to Greece, Edward Lear started a tour of the seven islands which would result in a book of lithographs, Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, published in December of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Romulus and Remus

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

The following is another picture story available from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, where you will find higher resolution scans. It is the incomplete (or unfinished) companion to Edward Lear’s other Roman history: The Tragical Life and Death of … Continue reading →

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Mr Lear Recovers his Hat

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

I have updated the Manuscripts page with information on the Edward Lear material available at the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library. Among the many items which are also part of the Beinecke Digital Collections are at least three picture … Continue reading →

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More Edward Lear Manuscripts from Houghton

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Houghton Library is proceeding with the digitization of their Edward Lear manuscript holdings, and a few days ago a new resource was made available: Edward Lear Landscape Drawings, 1838-1884. The document contains over 3,500 links to good-resolution scans of Lear’s … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Greek Journals

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

The journals Edward Lear kept before 1858 are lost. Though we know that in 1885 he still had “60 volumes of Diaries” (letter to Fortescue, 30 April 1885, Selected Letters, p. 269), these were destroyed or distributed among Lear’s friends by … Continue reading →

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The Padloctopus and the Alligatorang-oorang

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Here is the 15 March 1914 strip for Gustave Verbeek‘s Terrors of the Tiny Tads; below an example of Thornton Fisher’s The Wishing Wisp (see yesterday’s post):

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Polly Sleepyhead Passes Through a Small Cyclone

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Another late strip from Peter Newell‘s series Polly Sleepyhead; it is from 1907, but I do not know the date:

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More Wishing Willy

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Here is the second episode of Peter Newell’s Wishing Willy, I do not have any more, though there were six, if Allan Holtz‘s American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide is correct. Help in finding the missing ones (and better scans … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell’s Wishing Willy

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In addition to The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead (1906-1907), Peter Newell produced a second newspaper strip, Wishing Willie (or Willy), published in a few papers, e.g. the Atlanta Constitution, between 3 August and 7 September 1913: a grand total of six … Continue reading →

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A New Edward Lear Exhibition

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

I have not even finished posting material from the bicentenary year (see below) and a new exhibition opens: Edward Lear and his Contemporaries will be open from 21 January to 15 February 2013 at the World Land Trust Gallery, Blyth House, … Continue reading →

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