Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Parnassus

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Parnassus. Pencil and ink wash on paper. 13.25″h x 23″w (sight) 24″h x 33″w (frame) MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Amalfi (1844)

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Amalfi. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, entitled Amalfi, numbered 3 and dated 6th June 1844, approx 20 x 33 cms on watermark paper, unframed. Provenance Property of a lady – London, originally purchased at the Christies … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell, Cover for the Sunday Magazine of the Sunday Record-Herald

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Marco Graziosi
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Peter Newell on George Washington

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

More Peter Newell silliness.

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Peter Newell, Book with Cut-Out Eyes

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

No Edward Lear, for a change. I suspect this manuscript chapbook was a prototype for Peter Newell’s 1909 Jungle Jangle, a mild satire of Theodore Roosevelt. This “untitled book with cut-out eyes” is available on the Yale University Library website, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Suda Bay, Crete

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Suda Bay, Crete. Signed with initials and titled (lower left). Watercolour on paper. 17.5 x 36.8cm (6 7/8 x 14 1/2in). Provenance The Parker Gallery, London. Private collection, Athens. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Mount Athos

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Athos. Signed with initials and inscribed (lower left). Watercolour on paper. 10 x 20cm (3 15/16 x 7 7/8in). Provenance The Parker Gallery, London. Private collection, Athens. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, The Quarries of Assouan, Egypt (1867)

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Quarries of Assouan, Egypt. Inscribed Quarries of Assouan / Am-11.30 1. pm / February 27. 1867. lower left; further inscribed with extensive artists colour notes. Pen and brown ink over pencil, heightened with watercolour and bodycolour. Unframed: 28.9 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Dahr el Bayree, Thebes (1854)

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Dahr el Bayree, Thebes. Inscribed Thebes. Dahr el Bayree. 19 Feby. 1854. lower right; further inscribed with extensive artist’s notes, inscribed No. 12 single verso. Pen and brown and pencil and watercolour. Unframed: 28.9 by 51.1cm., 11¼ by 20in. Framed: … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, “And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South”

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, “And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South.” Signed with initials EL lower right. Oil on canvas. Unframed: 48.5 by 75.5cm., 19 by 29¾in. Framed: 63 by 89.8cm., 24¾ by 35¼in. Provenance Commissioned in … Continue reading →

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