Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio (1864)

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio, Italy. Dated and inscribed Porto Maurizio/9 AM/29 December 1864 (lower left), numbered  (114) (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes. Pen and ink, and watercolour, heightened with white. 32.9 x 49cm; 13 x … Continue reading →

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A Misattributed Supposed Caricature of Edward Lear

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

The above item is to be auctioned in the next few days with the following description: An original watercolour caricature of Edward Lear, by original cartoonist of Punch magazine, Matthew (Matt Somverille Morgan), circa 1850, 65cm x 48cm overall, framed. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ravenna (1867)

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ravenna. Watercolour sketch, ‘Ravenna 10.30 AM May 5 1867’, marked in pencil verso. 16.4cm x 24.9cm. Lear is known to have done another, almost from the same spot (different light), which was sold at Bonhams lot 71 on … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Colossi of Memnon (1854)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Colossi of Memnon. Pen, coloured ink and coloured wash. Inscribed and dated ‘Thebes, 20 Feb 1854’ (lower right), colour notes throughout. 11 x 32.5cm (4¼ x 12¾ in.) Edward Lear travelled to Egypt in 1854, following the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, El Kab, Egypt (1854)

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, El Kab, Egypt. Pen, ink, and watercolour, heightened with white. Inscribed with title and dated ’13 Feb 1854′ (lower left), colour notes throughout. 20 x 33.5cm (7¾ x 13 in.) Provenance Leger Galleries, London, November 1970 Edward Lear … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ravello (1844)

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, ‘Ravello, 9 June 1844’. Pen and ink, 16 x 12cm, mounted but unframed. Lear was in the area on Ravello on this date, evidenced by other works from June 1844 including pen sketch of Amalfi inscribed and dated … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Èze, Southern France

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Èze, Southern France. Watercolor and bodycolor, heightened with white and gum arabic. 122 by 186 mm; 4⅞ by 7⅜ in. MutualArt.

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Matchbox-Styled Book: The Limericks

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

A few weeks ago, kind Dough Harris sent me an extract from a book he recently acquired. Here is how he describes it: An interesting matchbox-styled booklet dropped through my letterbox today. Supposedly part of the ‘Safety [or Safest – … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in the Peloponnese

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Stephen Duckworth has completed his webiste on Edward Lear’s travels in the Peloponnese in 1849 with Lushington and Charles Church. The pages have a lange number of pictures, some never before seen and Lear’s journal as transcribed by Church. A … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Albenga from the Railway(1880)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Albenga From the Railway. Inscribed with colour notes and dated: 6 Sep 1880/ 6.40 pm and with the lines from Tennyson “The day was sloping towards his western bower.” Pen and sepia ink with pencil and touches of … Continue reading →

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