Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Hey, Diddle, Diddle (a New Version)

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, “The little dog laughed to see such sport.” Pen and brown ink on laid paper watermarked with Britannia. 16.2 by 20.3 cm., 6 1/4 by 8 in. Provenance With Gooden and Fox, London (pre-1973); Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) Lear … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Calvi, Corsica

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Calvi Corsica. 8. 9.5 x 13.25 ins., (24 x 34 cms.). Watercolour. Signed with monograph. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear [?], Adjutant Bird

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Adjutant Bird . Watercolour. Partial signature. Inscription and date 17.8.86 17 x 12.5cm. [I think the date unlikely, and I’ve never seen a date written this way by Lear, and the handwriting is not Lear’s; maybe the date … Continue reading →

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Presentazione del libro Edward Lear: Visioni inedite della Costa di Amalfi

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

A post in Italian, once in a while. Se siete dalle parti di Amalfi non prdetevi la presentazione del libro sui dipinti di Edward Lear realizzati nella zona: organizzato dal Centro di Cultura e Storia Amalfintana, saranno presenti il prof. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and the Classics

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

It is well know that Edward Lear did not have a formal education, a fact that he apparently did not consider a limitation as he thought that it had left him with a curiosity to know new things that lacked … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and Thomas Rowlandson

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear’s picture stories are apparently “hinnocent” throwaway pieces, produced on the spur of the moment to entertain his friends or their children. In previous posts I have shown the sources for some of the stories on Irish subjects (here, … Continue reading →

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Calendaria Botanica Ridiculoso

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Among the many merits of Sara Lodge’s Inventing Edward Lear is the identification of Marie Duval as the author of a previously unattributed book, Calendaria Botanica Ridiculoso (first edition 1877). More on Duval. Lodge writes (p. 212): Lear’s ideas gave rise in … Continue reading →

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Derry-Down-Triangle

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (1769-1822). Better known as Viscount Castlereagh. As Chief Secretary for Ireland (1798-1801) was instrumental in the passage of the Act of Union in 1800, but his attempt to achieve subsequent political … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Plain below Mt Ithome (1849)

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Plain below Mt Ithome, 4p.m. 21 March 1849. Inscribed and dated in ink and pencil. 10.25 x 16.5in. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Roman Catholic Cemetery at Palaiopolis, Kaligoni Greece (1863)

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Roman Catholic Cemetery at Palaiopolis, Kaligoni Greece. Watercolour over traces of ink, inscribed and dated 23 April 1863 5.30pm, 13.5×23.5cm. Provenance The British Council, Fine Arts Department, catalogue no. 42 Sotheby’s 14th December 2017, lot 29, according to … Continue reading →

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