Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile (1854)

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile. Watercolour. Indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘Jany 11 1854, sunset’ (lower left), numbered ’53’ (lower right). 6.5 x 15cm (2½ x 5¾ in.) Dreaweatts.

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Edward Lear, Isola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore (1837?)

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Isola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore. Pencil with White chalk on blue paper. 9 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ sheet, 21 1/2″ x 25 1/2″ framed. After 1837, Lear lived mainly in Italy and Corfu. On 31 October 1836 he wrote … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Taygetus, near Mystras (1849)

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear,  Taygetus (near Mystras). Dated lower left and right: 22 March 1849, title lower left (in ink) and right (in pencil).  15 x 22,5 cm. Ink and pencil on paper. Invaluable.

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A Touching Appeal: A Parody of “The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò”

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Punch, Vol. 107 (17 November 1894), pp. 234-235. From Amy Matthewson’s Cartooning China: Punch, Power, & Politics in the Victorian Era. London and new York: Routledge, 2022, pp. 114-116. John Tenniel’s “A Touching Appeal” depicts an overgrown childlike Chinese man named Younghy-Bung-Boo-Hoo … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Nile at Kasr-es-Saad

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Nile at Kasr-es-Saad. Inscribed ‘Nile. Kasr es Saad’ (lower left). Watercolour and bodycolour. 17.5 x 37.5cm (6 7/8 x 14 3/4in). Provenance The Honourable Eustace Henry Dawnay, 8 Belgrave Square, London. Thence by family descent to the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View from St. Jean towards Villefranche (1865

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View from St. Jean towards Villefranche. Dated ‘1865’ (lower left); numbered ’37’ (lower right); inscribed ‘from/Ville St.  Jean/(Villefranche) 15. February 1.PM.’ (on a fragment of paper attached beneath the  mount); extensively inscribed with colour notes throughout. Watercolour and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Akroteri from Khanea, Crete (1864)

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Akroteri from Khanea, Crete. Dated ’10 AM 17 April 1864′ (lower left), numbered ‘(14)’ and inscribed ‘from Khanea’  (lower right); extensively inscribed with colour notes throughout. Pen, ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of white, 16 x 37.5cm (6 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Coast of Malabar

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coast of Malabar. Signed with monogram (lower right). Oil on canvas, 23.5 x 46.5cm (9 1/4 x 18 5/16in). Painted in 1880 (according to an inscription on the frame). Provenance The Honourable Eustace Henry Dawnay, 8 Belgrave Square, London. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Campagna di Roma, via Nomentana

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Campagna di Roma, Via Nomentana. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour, 11 x 20.5cm (4 5/16 x 8 1/16in). Provenance With Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. Private collection, UK (acquired by the grandfather of the present owner). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Licenza, near Rome

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Licenza, near Rome. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour, 12 x 18cm (4 11/16 x 7 1/16in). Provenance With The Fine Art Society, Ltd., April 1963. Private collection, UK (acquired from the above by the grandfather of the … Continue reading →

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