Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A Venetian Sail Barge (1865)

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A Venetian sail barge. Brush and red ink, watercolour, touches of body colour, traces of graphite. Inscribed ‘Venice 24 Nov, b’r 1865 (53)’ lower right. 11.5 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in) Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Sketches of Trees (1838)

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sketches of trees. Graphite on blue wove paper. Signed and dated 1838 lower left. 26 x 18 cm.(10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in). Provenance: Spink, London (label on reverse, no. K3/4388); Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1970s. Bloomsbury.

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Mark Twain, The New Planet, Illustrated by Peter Newell

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

THE NEW PLANET (The astronomers at Hanard have observed “perturbations In the orbital movement of Neptune,” such as might be caused by the presence of a new planet in the vicinity.) I BELIEVE in the new planet. I was eleven … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Hajar Kim, Malta (1866)

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Hajar Kim, Krendy, Malta, 4 March 1866. Annotated sketch at the archaeoligical site of the prehistorical temple complex at Hagar Qim, near Qrendi in southern Malta, pen and sepia ink over pencil on buff paper, 360 x 525mm., annotated … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Galera (1844)

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Galera, 1844. Watercolour, heightened with white, on light grey paper. Signed and dated 1844 lower right, inscribed Galera , March 5 lower left. 17.5 x 11 cm. (6 7/8 x 4 1/4 in). Provenance: John Scandrett Harford (1787-1866); thence by descent … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ponte di Nona (1844)

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ponte di Nona, 1844. Watercolour, over pencil, heightened with white, on light blue grey paper. Signed and inscribed Ponte di Nona lower left, dated Thursday. Feby. 1844 lower right. 11 x 18.5 cm. (4 1/4 x 7 1/4 in). Provenance: John … Continue reading →

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Two Bird Drawings by Edward Lear

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Bonhams have added two drawings, both dated April 1846, to the lot in the previous post: [Two Mallards.] E. Lear. del. apl. 15. 1846. [A Black Swan.] E. Lear. del. April. 17. 1846.

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Ye Owly=Pussey=catte

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

The items below are for sale at Bonhams at impossible prices (as usual). I find it highly unlikely that the picture of the Owly=Pussey=catte can be dated 1846 like some of the others in the lot: for one thing Edward … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear & the Play of Poetry

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

At long last it’s out! Williams, James, and Matthew Bevis, eds. Edward Lear & the Play of Poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Here is the table of contents: James Williams and Matthew Bevis,Introduction: Edward Lear and the Play of … Continue reading →

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Dear Edward Lear I Love Your Birds

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Dear Edward Lear I Love Your Birds by Jeredith Merrin The Red and Yellow Macaw resplendent, And clearly your puff-chested model, Arching head over the arc of half-extended Red yellow blue wing, intended us to look. My first was in … Continue reading →

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