Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Why, How, and When to Write on Edward Lear

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Matt Bevis, who has edited Edward Lear and the Play of Poetry with James Williams (now available in paperback), published several essays and posted lectures on Edward Lear (search for his name on the blog) has now published a personal memoir … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Castel Giubileo (1845)

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Castel Giubileo. Jan 7th 1845/brown ink, 21.5cm x 38cm. “Castel Giulrile”, as it is called in the auction, does not exist as far as I know, while Castel Giubileo, which can be read even though not very clearly … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Sailing Barges, Venice (1865)

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sailing Berges, Venice, 1865. Inscribed and dated Venice 24. Nov. 1865 (56) (lr). Ink, watercolor and gouache with traces of pencil on light blue/gray paper. 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm). Provenance Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Waterlily

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Study of a Waterlily. Signed E. Lear (lr). Watercolor on paper. 5 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches. Provenance The Little Gallery, London Ellinor Newsom, sister of the artist Doyle.

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Edward Lear, Finale (1864)

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, ‘Finale between Bologna and Modena, Italy.’ [Note: this is certainly not “Finale Emilia,” near where I live and with no harbour (no sea here, unfortunately!), it is certainly Finale Ligure, not far from Sanremo.] Inscribed in ink lower … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and the Dolnik

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

From: Derek Attridge. “Rhythm: Children’s Poetry and the Dolnik“. In The Aesthetics of Children’s Poetry. Ed. Katherine Wakely-Mulroney and Louise Joy. Routledge, 2017. In what follows, I hope to show by means of a few examples both the ubiquity and … Continue reading →

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An Unpublished Poem by Edward Lear

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Amy Wilcockson and Edmund Downey have found a previously unknown poem by Edward Lear, dated 22 September 1882 and enclosed in a lettter to Mary Theresa Mundella (1847–1922), daughter of Liberal politician and friend to Lear, Anthony John Mundella (1825–1897). … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and Kleptomania

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear Was haunted by a fear While travelling in Albania Of contracting kleptomania. W.H. Auden, Academic Graffiti (1971). More here. I just learned about this clerihew from the latest issue of the TLS.

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A New Edward Lear Cartoon

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear (attrib.), drawing, ex. Ford Found., Attributed to Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888), “Please my Lord I want to be made a Bishop”, pen and brown ink caricature drawing on paper, no visible signature, inscribed in pencil verso “Edward Lear”, 4.25″h … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Parga, Greece & Monastir, Albania

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Parga, Greece; and Monastir, Albania. The first, signed with monogram and dated ‘1864’ (lower right); the second, signed with monogram and dated ‘1861’ (lower right). Oil on panel. 6 7/8 x 11 in. (17.2 x 28 cm.); and … Continue reading →

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