Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Honister Crag, Lake District (1836)

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Honister Crag, Lake District. Signed and inscribed ‘E./ Honister. Cu’ (lower right). Pencil heightened with white on grey paper. 4 ¼ x 6 7/8 in. (10.8 x 17.5 cm.), corners cut. Literature C. Nugent, Edward Lear The Landscape Artist: … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Monastery of Stavronikita, Mount Athos (1856)

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Of the picture below, Stephen Duckworth, who kindly informed me of this sale of several Lear paintings, writes: This fine view of Stavroniketes monastery on the Mount Athos peninsula was drawn by Lear early on his journey round the twenty … Continue reading →

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Readings (and a request for help)

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Jusat a few short pieces and a thesis: Sara Lodge, The Limerick Man: Edward Lear in Iraland, The Irish Times, 22 June 2019. Matthew Bevis, On Rationality and Nonsense, iainews.com, 19 June 2019. Relative Clauses in EDward Lear’s Complete Nonsense … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Jaffa (1858)

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Jaffa. Inscribed l.r.: Jaffa and dated March 26 1858. Watercolour over pen and ink and pencil, 4.5 by 12.5 cm. Provenance Sotheby’s, London, 16 July 1992, lot 165 Lear’s trip to the Middle East in the Spring of 1858 resulted in several impressive … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Two Pictures of Monte Generoso (1881-82)

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Generoso – a “Bella Vista.” Inscribed with title and dated l.l.: 5.30 pm/9 Sept 1881. Pen and sepia ink, 10 by 17 cm. Harry Moore-Gwyn. Edward Lear, Monte Generoso. Inscribed and dated in ink l.r.: M.Generoso/5 pm/15 July 1882and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Castle with a Waterfall

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Castle by a waterfall with a mountain beyond. Heightened watercolour and black chalk, mounted unframed, 11.5cm x 7.5cm. Provenance Christie’s 6/12/2008 lot 181. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear and Frederic Church

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Commenting on Edward Lear’s impressive painting of Beachy Head, in her recent Inventing Edward Lear, Sara Lodge writes, among much more: In Beachy Head, Lear directly recalls the dramatic composition of [Frederic] Church’s The Icebergs in a way that is … Continue reading →

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Harriet Lear’s Copy of Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria. London: Bentley 1852. Large 8vo, with presentation inscription ‘Harriet Lear from her brother Edward, Nov. 29 1853’, plates as required (one with partial tear without loss), in worn half binding. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Valletta, Malta

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Valletta, Malta. Signed with monogram l.r. Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour. 11.3 by 18.3cm.; 4½ by 7¼in. Lear’s first trip to Malta, which he described as ‘that much beloved place’ (see Lady Strachey, ed., The Letters of Edward Lear, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Signed with monogram l.l. Pencil and watercolour heightened with white. 17 by 37cm., 6¾ by 14½in. After leaving Corfu by the spring of 1858, Lear visited Jerusalem. He arrived during Holy Week and immediately began … Continue reading →

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