Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Near Khan, Lebanon

Edward Lear, Near Khan, Lebanon. Inscribed and dated ‘Lebanon./17.May.1858./near Khan’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(173)’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘vines and millions of/black pines’ (centre) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, 13¾ x … Continue reading

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An Unpublished Early Picture by Edward Lear

I am by nature a collector, but I can’t say I really care about having originals or first editions: I like having everything produced by Edward Lear, for example, but late editions of his books are all right with me, … Continue reading

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Peter Newell: At School

Johnny broke the rule to-day by fighting with his brother Then his teacher, strange to say, straightway broke another. Harper’s Young People, vol 15, issue 735, 28 November 1893, p. 72.

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Peter Newell: A Careful Mother

“Good -morning, Mistress Nanny Goat, The kids quite well appear.” “The kids, sit? I would have you note I’ll have no slang in here.” Harper’s Young People, vol 15, issue 742, 16 January 1894, p. 208.

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Gustave Verbeek: The Chicken Girl

Hartmann, Sadakichi. A History of American Art. Boston: L.C. Page, vol. 2, p. 129.

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Gustave Verbeek: The Boy, the Snowball, and the Cat

Harper’s Magazine, vol. 94, issue 562, March 1897, p. 655.

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Peter Newell: A Valentine

Harper’s Magazine, vol. 94, issue 562, March 1897, p. 654.

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Peter Newell: Cupid’s Top

Harper’s Magazine, vol. 94, issue 562, March 1897, p. 653.

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Peter Newell: A Rebuff

Harper’s Magazine, vol. 94, issue 561, February 1897, p. 493.

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Edward Lear Bicentenary: A Request

Less than a year now before Edward Lear’s 200th birthday. I forgot to post about his birthday this year, but Lear himself did not mention it in his diary for 12 May, he was probably still too depressed after Ann’s … Continue reading

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