Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A Ruin

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Pencil, a sketch on paper depicting a ruin of a grand building possibly a monastery, signed to lower left, details and magazine clipping from previous owner verso, under glass 14cm x 9cm & 26cm x 22.5cm overall. Some … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Great Awk

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Great Awk. Watercolor painting prepared for Plate 82, “Great Auk” in Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology printed in London in 1841. Brown wash and ink over graphite on paper. Signed ‘PJ Selby E Lear 1831’ lower left. Numbered … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Study of a King Vulture

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Study of a King Vulture. Signed lower left: E Lear del., dated lower right: Aril 1832, and inscribed lower center: Sarcoramphus papa (Linn.)/Drawn from life at the/Surrey Zoological Gardens Watercolor over pencil heightened with bodycolor and gum arabic. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Study of a Paradise Shelduck

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Study of a Paradise Shelduck. Watercolor over pencil heightened with bodycolor and gum arabic. ca. 1830. Paper size: 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. Prepared for T.C. Eyton’s A Monograph of the Anatidae or Duck Tribe, London, 1838. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Landscape near Damascus (1858)

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Landscape near Damascus. Watercolour. 22cm x 33cm. See also. MutualArt.

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Three Edward Lear Limericks Set to Music by John Muehleisen

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

John Muehleisen, Three Limericks TTBB (div); a cappella; English (Edward Lear) 11′ 49″. Requires a highly skilled men’s ensemble with a broad vocal range (meaningful low D to treble clef C), and bold abandon in improvised vocal sounds (animal noises). … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Umbrella Pines

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Umbrella pines and an Italian villa. Pencil with traces of red chalk. 31 x 23.5cm Provenance With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Mount Parnassus from Livadia

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Parnassus from Livadia. Pencil. Variously inscribed with artist’s notes (throughout); titled (lower right)37 x 61cm (14½ x 24 in.) Invaluable.

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Edward Lear, Lago d’Iséo

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Lago d’Iséo, Lombardy. Titled (lower left) and numbered ‘151’ (lower right). Brown ink and watercolour. 15 x 21.5cm. Provenance John Peter Cochrane Collection; Sale, Bonhams, London, 31st March 2015, lot 28; Private collection, UK Following an extensive trip … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Peacocks near Bhurtpore, Northern India (1874)

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Peacocks near Bhurtpore, Northern India (1874). 3 1 ⁄ 4 x 6 3 ⁄ 4 in. (8.3 x 17.2 cm.). MutualArt.

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