Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear’s Southern Italy Landscapes

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

At long last, someone has remembered to celebrate Edward Lear in Italy: prof. Salvatore Di Fazio, who teaches Rural Architecture and Landscape at the University of Reggio Calabria, will give an open lecture on “Il paesaggio di Edward Lear in … Continue reading →

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Something to Read

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

I do not have much time for posting at the moment, but here are a few recent items that might be of interest: Peter Byrne has an interesting article on “Edward Lear of the Disappearing Nose” at Swans.com A short … Continue reading →

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Retrospection: On Lear’s Irish Sources Again

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Earth has no green such as once it wore, When my young life with love was crowned; And the very breeze, thro’ the summer trees, Comes with a ’plaining sound. When I hear the glad shouts of revelry To the … Continue reading →

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The Nonsense Songs of Edward Lear – A Song-Cycle

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

I am terribly late announcing this, but I hope many of will be able to attend. The Nonsense Songs Of Edward Lear – A Song-Cycle By David Lawrence The first performance of this work, composed to mark the 200th anniversary … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming Bicentenary Events

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

I have today updated the events section of the Edward Lear 1812-2012 Facebook page and find there are still a lot of celebrations and lectures for those who have missed the previous ones. I had my dose a couple of … Continue reading →

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No More Naps for Polly

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

In the last episodes of Peter Newell’s The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead the naps disappear, not only from the title: she is now the intended victim of Tom and Dicky’s practical jokes, but she regularly manages to inadvertedly turn the … Continue reading →

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The Tiny Tads Meet the Piccoloafer and the Magpiano

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Gustave Verbeek’s The Terrors of the Tiny Tads strip for 17 September 1913, from the Boston Sunday Post.

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Edward Lear, View of Modica

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

View of Modica, Sicily. Inscribed and dated ‘Modica/8 June 1867’ (centre right) and with colour notes throughout. Pencil and pen and brown ink. 12 x 18 in. (30.4 x 45.7 cm.) Christie’s.

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Edward Lear, Waiee, Bombay Presidency

Posted on September 24, 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.) Probably dating from late 1884 or early 1885, this work is based on an earlier drawing Lear executed … Continue reading →

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Music and Dance for Edward Lear

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

If you are in Oxford for the Edward Lear Bicentennial Conference (two days left to register), you might like to attend Nonsense: with Michael Rosen and The Homemade Orchestra at the Story Museum, on 21 September, 6-7.30 pm. An evening … Continue reading →

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