Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Philae

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Philae. monogrammed lower right. oil on paper laid on canvas. 34cm x 54cm. Provenance With Agnew’s, London, no. 32992; The Collection of Sir Thomas William Evans, Bt., of Allestree Hall, Derbyshire, and Dartmouth House, Queen Anne’s Gate, London; … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A view of the Temple of Karnak at sunset, Thebes, Egypt

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A view of the Temple of Karnak at sunset, Thebes, Egypt. Signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed ‘Karnak. Thebes. Egypt’ (verso). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white on paper. 4 ¼ x 8 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Kom Ombos, Egypt (1856)

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kom Ombos, Egypt. Signed with monogram (lower right) and indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘Ombos 1856’ (lower left). Oil on canvas laid down on board. 10 x 15 ½ in. (25.4 x 39.3 cm.) See watercolour. Provenance Thomas Baring, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Samos, 6pm, 2 May 1863

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Samos, 6pm, 2 May 1863. Inscribed lower right. Pen, ink and watercolour. 31 x 52cm. The Saleroom.

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An Illustrated Letter by Edward Lear

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

My transcript: 65. Oxford Terrace. 24th 23d Dear Mrs George, Thanks for your letter of this morning, & pray thank Maria for the Fez, wh: has just come safely. — It’s a duck of a Fez, & shall be stuck … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Roman Campagna

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Roman Campagna. Late 1830s or early 1840s. Pencil, ink and watercolour. 13.5 x 21cm (5¼ x 8¼in.) MutualArt.

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Edward Lear’s Limericks and Women’s Suffrage

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

The London Museum website has a number of postcards on women’s suffrage clearly derived from Edward Lear’s originals.   Thanks to the indefatigable limerick researcher Doug Harris.

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Kenneth Leighton, Laudes animantiun, op. 61, 2, Scherzo, Calico Pie

Posted on May 21, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Leighton, Kenneth. “Scherzo ‘Calico Pie’.” Laudes animantium (Opus 61). 1971. Premiere: London, Purcell Room, June 12, 1973. Elizabethan Singers conducted by Herrick Bunney. Now Published as no. 2 in Every Living Creature, Choral music by Kenneth Leighton. Londonum, dir. Andrew Griffiths. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling, India (1874)

Posted on May 16, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling, India. Signed with monogram (lower left). Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper. 10 1⁄8 x 15 ½ in. (25.7 x 39.4 cm.) Executed in 1874. Provenance The Collection of Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 2nd … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mount Sinai (1849)

Posted on May 13, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Sinai, 1849. Pencil, pen and brown ink on buff-coloured paper. Works on Paper. 11 ½ x 18 ½ in. (29.2 x 47 cm.) MutualArt.

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