Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

The Remarkable Nature of Edward Lear

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Don’t forget: On November 21, Robert McCracken Peck, Curator of Art and Artifacts, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, will be giving a free lecture on The Remarkable Nature of Edward Lear at 6:00pm at the Geological Lecture Hall, 24 … Continue reading →

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Three Edward Lear Events

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

1. Next Friday, November 15, I will be in Cava de’ Tirreni for a presentation of Edward Lear: Visioni inedite della costa di Amalfi; if you are in the area, please come meet me and the other authors. Download the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Capri from Massa (three stages, 1838-1840)

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Near Massa. First sketch, 22 August 1838. Edward Lear, Capri from near Massa. Second version, 1839. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear del 1839’ (lower right) and titled (lower left). Pencil, charcoal and watercolour. 43.2 x 26.7cm (17 x 10 1/2in). This … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear (?), Seaford (1841)

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Seaford Looking towards Newhaven. Pencil, ink and watercolour. Seaford, looking towards Newhaven. Inscribed ’18 Sep/41′ 7.25 x 11.75in. I have some doubts about the authenticisty of this one, the handwriting on the picture does not look like his, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Citara (1844)

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Citara. Pen ink and wash over . ‘Citara 14th June 1844.’ Inscribed and dated, studio stamp 10 x 17.75in. Provenance Ex-John R. Baddeley Collection The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Lake Lugano from Monte Generoso

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Lake Lugano from Monte Generoso. Signed with monogramme (lower left) and inscribed verso No I / Lake Lugano Watercolour over pencil heightened with white. 12.4 x 18.7cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in). The Saleroom.

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Two Events with Edward Lear’s Music

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

This October Sara Lodge has organized two events on Edward Lear’s music, a central subject of her recent Inventing Edward Lear (recently reviewed in The TLS together with James Williams’s book on Edward Lear). Edward Lear’s Bongs, Dongs and Songs … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Letter to Mrs Bond

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Lear (Edward, 1812-1888). Autograph letter in the third person, 65 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, circa 1853, to Mrs Bond, thanking her ‘for a very obliging letter, & also for the Post Office order for 8 shillings. The set of songs … Continue reading →

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Civitella Gazette

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

BM 1975,0920.13. ©Trustees of the British Museum Penry Williams, “Civitella Gazette”, view of the Serpentara; a group of artists, including Samuel and Hannah Palmer and Albin Martin, sketching in a landscape. 1839 Pen and brown ink. “Mr. Lear” is the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Orvieto

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear (after), A View of the cathedral in Orvieto. From volume II of The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century. With an Introduction and Text by Henry Gally Knight Esq.r F.R.S F.S.A. … Continue reading →

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