Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear Visits Captain Hornby

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

The following is one of Lear’s earliest autobiographical picture stories, from the mid 1830s according to Liebert (from whose book, Lear in the Original, the story is taken), but it was more probably drawn in 1841, when Lear was in England … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Massa Looking towards Vesuvius (1839)

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Massa Looking towards Vesuvius. Signed and dated l.r.: Edward Lear del. / 1839.; inscribed with the title l.l.: Massa. looking towards/ Vesuvius.;signed and inscribed on an old label attached to the reverse: Vesuvius from Massa Chalk Drawing / made for R. … Continue reading →

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New to Read on Edward Lear

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Pereira, Conceição. “Edward Lear ao voo do pássaro.” Forma de vida 12 (2018). Makins, Marian W. “Latin, Greek, and Other Classical ‘Nonsense’ in the Work of Edward Lear.” Classical Reception and Children’s Literature: Greece, Rome and Childhood Transformation. Eds. Hodkinson, Owen … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Venice (1865)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Venice. Pen, ink and watercolour, inscribed “Venice Nov 11 4 pm 1865 (8)”, also with colour annotations throughout 12 x 34cms. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Girgeh on the Nile (1857)

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Girgeh on the Nile. October 1857 (not 1859 as in the auction post, not sure on the day either) Sold with: Edward Lear, Figures in a Mountain Landscape. 4 June 1852. The Saleroom.

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Not by Edward Lear

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

If, like me, you sometimes visit ArtUK to see if there is anything new by Edward Lear, you might have noticed that there are two paintings which look completely different from his other ones. A few days ago Matt Bevis … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s “Rich and rare were the gems she wore”

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

I have already discussed Edward Lear’s Irish sources here, here and here. Another fine instance is the parody in four pictures that Lear drew of Thomas Moore’s “Rich and rare were the gems she wore” from the first volume of Moore’s Irish … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ithaca (1863)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ithaca. Inscribed with title and dated 1 May 1863 2.30pm, numbered ‘114’, pen, ink and watercolour and inscribed with notes, 33 x 49cm. The Department of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum Oxford label verso. Mallam’s Oxford.

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Edward Lear, Some Birds from John Gould’s Birds of Europe

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Little Egret. Great Black-Backed Gull, Audouin’s Gull [and] Glaucous Gull. Great Egret. Great Bustard. Rock Ptarmigan. Edward Lear’s lithographs with contemporary hand colouring, old ‘punch holes’ to upper margin, 340 x 520 mm. Originally published in John Gould’s ‘Birds of Europe’. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt (1867)

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt. Titled Abu Simbl, dated 9-10AM, 9 Feby 1867, and numbered 382 once in pencil and once in ink, also inscribed with artist’s notes. Pen, brown ink, pencil and watercolour 25.5 x 54cm; 10 x … Continue reading →

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