Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, The Solution

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell in Harper’s New Magazine, vol. 97, June 1898, p. 159.

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The Ass and the Lapdog

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

A Woolly little terrier pup Gave vent to yelps distressing, Whereat his mistress took him up, And soothed him with caressing:— And yet he was not in the least What one would call a handsome beast. He might have been … Continue reading →

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A Yawning Yallergator

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, from Harper’s Bazaar, I don’t know the date or issue no.

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More Edward Lear Manuscripts from Houghton Library

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Houghton Library has published several more manuscript facsimiles of Edward Lear material, mostly early zoological and botanical drawings: Edward Lear album of drawings, [ca. 1830]. MS Typ 55.27 contains a large number of early animal and plant drawings and a … Continue reading →

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William Michael Rossetti on Edward Lear

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, besides being a universal benefactor as author of The Book of Nonsense (dear to Dante Rossetti), was a very agreeable and efficient landscape designer who had been rather far afield in his quest of the picturesque — Albania, … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell, A Fool’s Cap & a Plate of Ice Cream

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

The following strip is from Peter Newell’s original drawings for a story that was published in Harper’s Bazaar 29.312, 4 April 1896; from the Library of Congress’s Cabinet of American Illustration.

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Edward Lear Manuscripts Go Online

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Houghton Library, Harvard University, has started digitizing some of the many Edward Lear manuscripts in their collections. Two weeks ago, the never-before-published Mrs. C. Beadon Edward Lear scrapbook, 1852-1880. MS Typ 55.23 went online. Beside a number of sketches, this … Continue reading →

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Turn Me Over

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide blog has just posted several samples of Charles Lederer’s 1923 cartoon series, Turn Me Over These are no masterpieces, but as Allan notes, Lederer was quite old when he drew them; he also mentions another series … Continue reading →

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Birds of Prey

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Here is another early bird picture by Edward Lear, similar to the one mentioned in the previous post; it was auctioned by Christie’s in 1999: A pair of birds of prey on a rocky outcrop signed ‘E. Lear’ (lower right) … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Album to be Auctioned

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

A previously unknown, at least to me, album of early Edward Lear drawings has emerged and will be auctioned on 23 June. The description is not clear on how many of the drawings are Lear’s, it simply states that it … Continue reading →

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