Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

The French Princedom

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

It is well known that Edward Lear gave painting lessons to Queen Victoria and was never forgotten by the royal family. The Prince of Wales, for instance, visited his studio while in Rome in 1859 and Lear sounds relieved after … Continue reading →

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A Game of Croquet without Rules

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

Published in Harper’s Young People June 30, 1885

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Edward Lear Letters at the Glamorgan Archives

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

A group of important documents from the Aberdare family, previously on loan, have been permanently acquired by the Glamorgan Archives. These include a number of letters from Edward Lear to Henry Bruce and his wife, Arabella Beadon. One of these … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and G.F. Bowen

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

Lear first met George Fergusson Bowen in Rome in 1847, accepted his invitation to visit Corfu, and even considered the possibility of taking a post at the University of Corfu. In a letter to Ann during his first visit to … Continue reading →

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Here we go!

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

Just a short post to see that the new blog and the RSS feeds are working properly. For information on this new (and hopefully improved) Blog of Bosh see the About page.

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Edward Lear by Ian Malcolm

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

You can now read Ian Malcolm’s 1908 overview of Lear’s career (mostly from the point of view of the Baring family) in the Nonsense section of the site bookshelf: Ian Malcolm, “Edward Lear.” The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 24, January 1908, … Continue reading →

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The Jumblies Comic

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

Hunt Emerson, whose comic book adaptation of Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussy-cat” was mentioned in a previous post, has also posted a version of “The Jumblies,” executed as a private commission. Click on the images below to get … Continue reading →

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An Exile in Paradise

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

Derek Smith of Lear Productions informs me that their documentary on Lear’s travels in Albania and Greece, which won the Arts Silver World Medal at the 2009 New York Festivals International Television Programming and Promotion Awards, will be shown again … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and George Grove

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

One of the most famous of Edward Lear’s self caricatures is certainly the one in which he portrays himself while looking straight into the eyes of a strange “bug,” which is itself gazing at him. I had never cared to … Continue reading →

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Polly Sleepyhead

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

My translation of the early episodes of Peter Newell’s Naps of Polly Sleepyhead will be in Italian libraries next week, and the publisher, orecchio acerbo, has a book trailer on YouTube: This is going to be in the Little Big … Continue reading →

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