Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Etna at Sunset (1864)

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Etna at Sunset. Inscribed ‘Etna 5 June 7pm 1864’ and with colour notes, numbered (183) l.r., pen and brown ink and watercolour. 6.7 x 27cm. Provenance With the Fine Art Society, London, 1962. Probably drawn while getting … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Castel Giubileo (?)

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Castel Giubileo (?). Dated, Jan 7th 1845/brown ink, 21.5cm x 38cm. The Saleroom.

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La taupe suspendue

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Félix Bracquemond (Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres), Les Taupes, 1854. Etching; sixth state of seven. Sheet: 19 1/8 × 12 1/16 in. (48.6 × 30.7 cm) Plate: 10 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (27 × 19.4 cm). Inscribed in plate, lower right: … Continue reading →

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Two Edward Lear Pictures on eBay

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Antique British Interior Sketch Signed E.L. Dated Jan 1st 1868. 6.75 x 5.55 inches the sheet. [I think I should know, but can’t remember what the object on the left is; can anyone remind me? Marco] eBay. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Black Mountain, Cephalonia

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Black Mountain, Cephalonia. Watercolor on wove paper, circa 1863. 260×360 mm; 10 1/4×14 1/4 inches. Initialed and titled in pencil, lower right recto, and annotated “4” in pencil, upper left recto. Provenance Private collection, Massachusetts. invaluable.

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Edward Lear. Bedouin Soldiers on a Hillside

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bedouin Soldiers Resting on a Hillside. Pen and brown ink on wove paper. 117×188 mm; 4 3/4×7 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower left recto. Provenance Private collection, Chicago. invaluable.

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Edward Lear, Saint Moritz, Switzerland

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Saint Moritz, Switzerland, watercolour on grey paper, depicting a panoramic landscape, with a village nestling at the foot of a range of snow-topped mountains, trees in the foreground to the left, and clouds gathering overhead, annotated in brown ink … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, On the Nile

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, On the Nile. Pen and brown ink on laid paper. Watermarked: 1836 and embosed with a fleur de lys. 4 1/4″ x 7 1/4″ sheet; 11″ x 13 1/4″. Provenance George and Fanny Coombe (nee Drewitt), Peppering House, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear: Moment to Moment

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

The exhibition, Edward Lear: Moment to Moment, opening on 9 September, now has a web page where you can find more information. Co-curated by Matt Bevis and Jonathan Watkins at Ikon in Birmingham.

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Per la Calabria selvaggia: 109 previously unpublished drawings by Edward Lear

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Raffaele Gaetano, author of another interesting booklet on Edward Lear, Senza ombre di cerimonie. Sull’ospitalità nei «Diari di viaggio in Calabria» di Edward Lear, which by the way contains some of the recipes of the peculiar dishes offered to Lear … Continue reading →

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