Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

The Obliging Bear

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

A HONEY-LOVING grizzly-bear, In a great bee-tree made his lair; “There is a law,” he told the bees, “That honey sha’n’t be kept in trees. “I’ll take it out for you,” said he. “Nay, nay, sir,” cries the old queen … Continue reading →

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The Merry Owlets

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

There were three little owl that had slept all day In their downy nest in a dead tree’s hollow; Said the first: “It’s time to go out and play, I hear the good-night of the chimney-swallow!” “Oh no,” said the … Continue reading →

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The Grasshopper and the Cider Piggin

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

A HOPPERGRASS, one sunny day, Turning hand-springs amid the hay, O’erleaped himself, and fell into A piggin of good apple brew. “Shame on you, thirsty little one,” Cried the haymakers in the sun; The hopper took one draught, and then, … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the Rockefellerphant

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

In a previous post I noted a rare instance of contemporary reference in Gustave Verbeek’s Terrors of the Tiny Tads. Here is another from the strip for 19 May 1907, a few weeks after the appearance of the “Cowboisterous Kangaroosevelt … Continue reading →

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Before Little Nemo

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

“Wicked Willie’s Dream” by Walter M. Dunk appeared in Harper’s Round Table, vol. XVI, no. 821, 23 July 1895, 760 (click for full story): It clearly anticipates Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland, in particular for Willie’s position after his … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell, American Comic Illustrator

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

The blog has been quiet for a long time, as I have been very busy and had to keep up with the daily publication of Edward Lear’s diaries. However, I have at last found time to add an article on … Continue reading →

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New Edward Lear Resources

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

Just a quick post to mention a few new resources relating to Edward Lear: Never Mind the Pussycat: The Ornithological Art of Edward Lear, the companion site for a 2008 exhibition at the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University, … Continue reading →

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De kat en de uil

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

Below is a pen and ink calligraphic drawing by Jacob Labotz representing a cat and an owl. Online translator software is not very good with 18th-century Dutch, but it is obvious they are fighting for the possession of the mouse … Continue reading →

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An Exile in Paradise

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Marco Graziosi

You may remember that RS Productions started working on a documentary on Edward Lear’s travels in Greece and Albania almost two years ago, and I linked to a promo last year. The first of the three parts is now going … Continue reading →

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The Cowboysterous Kangaroosevelt Bear

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Marco Graziosi

Theodore Roosevelt‘s refusal, in 1902, to shoot an imprisoned bear spawned a long series of political cartoons and, since the bound animal was often represented as a cub, and brought to the creation of the Teddy Bear. Roosevelt’s hunting mania … Continue reading →

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