Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Indian Nonsense: Anushka Ravishankar

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Michael Heyman, whose not-to-be-missed thesis on Edward Lear, Isles of Boshen, has been online for some time, has an article on Anushka Ravishankar’s Indian Nonsense in the November issue of The Horn Book, a publication about books for children and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear items at Christies

Posted on October 27, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

There are a number of Edward Lear watercolours for sale at Christie’s, mostly in the “British Art on Paper” sale of 16 November. If you have £20,000-30,000 you can also get: GOULD, John (1804-1881). A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or … Continue reading →

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Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

After writing yesterday’s post I remembered I had seen an animator break down of the Cheshire cat scene in Disney’s Alice; at last I have found it again, it was posted by Thad Komorowski of Animation ID on Dailymotion: Alice … Continue reading →

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Cheshire Cat Art

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

If, like me, you think the Cheshire Cat scene in the Disney Alice in Wonderland is one of the best moments in the movie, don’t miss the We’re All Mad Here (more) exhibition at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight. You will … Continue reading →

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Unorthodox Taxidermy

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Take a look at these fantastic animal sculptures Dr. Seuss produced in the 1930s using “real animal parts including beaks, antlers and horns from deceased Forest Park Zoo animals where Seuss’s father was superintendent”. You can even buy one! Thanks … Continue reading →

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James T. Fields on Edward Lear

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

James Thomas Fields was the publisher of Our Young Folks , an American children’s magazine, which in 1870 first published three poems by Edward Lear, including “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” (see the previous post: Lear Illustrated in America). In … Continue reading →

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Lear Vamping

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Tennyson was always very satisfied with Lear’s arrangements of his poems and did not refrain from praising them in public though, as Angus Davidson notes in his 1938 biography, Edward Lear: Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1812-1888) (London: John Murray), … Continue reading →

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The Book of Nonsense as a Colouring Book

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Now and then you can see listed on eBay copies of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense in which some or all of the pictures have been coloured. Lear’s childish drawing style, with its large spaces waiting to be filled with … Continue reading →

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A Geography of the Early Limerick

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Ever since I heard of Google Earth I realised it would be very useful for limerick lovers, but I was too lazy to try and find out how to create interactive maps until I found this post at the Stoa … Continue reading →

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Changing again

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

I’ve started changing the page layout again, so some parts of the site might not work correctly for some time. Be patient.

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