Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear’s Copy of Tennyson’s Idylls of the King

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord IDYLLS OF THE KING. LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS FOR EDWARD MOXON & CO., 1859. 8vo (7 x 4 1/4 ins.; 171 x 109 mm). Eight-page publisher’s catalogue dated July 1859 bound  before front free endpaper; some minor … Continue reading →

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The Fizzgiggious Fish’s Ancestor

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

British Library, Harley MS 624: From Edward Lear, More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes Botany &c. (1872), “Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures:” The fizzgiggious Fish, who always walked about upon Stilts, because he had no legs.

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Learical Tennysons

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

LINCS to the Past, a project “focused on giving access to cultural heritage collections,” and the Arts and Humanities Research Council sponsor a new website, Learical Tennysons, dedicated to Edward Lear’s relationship to Alfred Tennyson and his family. It has been … Continue reading →

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September Readings

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin has digitized its Edward Lear collection, which consists mostly of letters: 11 to William Holman Hunt, 2 to Luard and one to his sister Ellen from India, among others. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Two Owls

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Study of an Eagle Owl, 1846. Signed and dated on branch: “E. Lear del. 1846.” Pen and brown ink on paper; paper dimensions: 8 ¾ by 6 ½ inches. Provenance George and Fanny Coombe (née Drewitt), Peppering House, Sussex. Edward Lear, Ye Owly … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Dedication of His Ionian Islands Book to Evelyn Baring

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

If you have 3,000 – 4,000 GBP to spend you might be interested in this The Saleroom lot: Greece.- Lear (Edward) Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, signed presentation copy from Lear to Evelyn Baring inscribed “Corfu March 1864” fly-leaf, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Congo Finches

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Congo Finches, Africa. Pencil sketch,  heightened with watercolour, on paper. Signed, 235 x 189mm., [c.1825-30]. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, A Cottage by a Stream (1839)

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, A Cottage by a Stream. Signed and dated May 16th 1839. Pencil, unframed. 25.25 x 36.75cm; 10 x 14½in. Provenance Captain (later Admiral) R.A. Oliver, served in New Zealand, and the south seas, in the late 1840s and early … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Study of an Ash (1837)

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Study of an Ash. Signed, titled and dated 1837. Pencil, unframed. 25.25 x 36.75cm; 10 x 14½in. Provenance Captain (later Admiral) R.A. Oliver, served in New Zealand, and the south seas, in the late 1840s and early 1850s, charting the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear to Miss Selwyn

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear: Autograph letter addressed to Miss Selwyn, San Remo, 19 April, 1883, 3 pp., 8vo, with two pen and ink drawings of skipping lambs and a large self-portrait caricature of Lear taking a tumble, writing of his “head being bad. … Continue reading →

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