Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kom Ombo (1884)

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kom Ombo, Egypt. Signed with monogram and dated ‘188[4]’ (lower right) and inscribed and dated ‘Kom Ombos. Feby 20. 1867′ (lower right) and further inscribed ’43. Kom Ombos.’ (verso). Pencil and watercolour. 3 7/8 x 7 ¼ in. (9.8 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View from Dabod (1880)

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View from Dabod, looking south, Egypt. Signed with monogram and dated ‘1880’ (lower right); and inscribed and dated ‘from/ Dabod 17 Feby. 1867’ (lower left), and further inscribed and numbered ‘,35. From Dabòd, looking South.’ (verso). Pencil and watercolour. 3 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A Felucca on the Nile (1884)

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A felucca on the Nile, Abu Simbel in the distance, Egypt. Signed with monogram and dated ‘1884’ (lower right) and inscribed and dated ‘Ipsam [?] Feby 9 1867’ (lower left). Watercolour heightened with white. 3 ¾ x 7 ¼ in. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Villefranche

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Villefranche, Côte d’Azure, France. Signed with monogram (lower right). Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with gum arabic. 4 5/8 x 7 ¼ in. (11.7 x 18.4 cm.) Lear spent the winter of 1864-5 in the South … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, San Giorgio Maggiore (1865)

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, On the lagoon, looking over to San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy. Signed with monogram, inscribed and dated ‘Venice. 1865. EL’ (lower left). Pencil and watercolour. 6 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (16.5 x 26 cm.) Lear arrived in Venice in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Bellagio (1867)

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Bellagio, Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy. Inscribed and dated ‘Lago di Como/ Bellaggio/ 26. May 1867. 6. 7. PM./ & 27th. May. 10/.11.30 AM./ (is not all the background too high & large?’ and further inscribed in Greek … Continue reading →

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Vivien Noakes’s Edward Lear Archive at Somerville College

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Stephen Duckworth reports: On 6 July 2016 a celebration took place at Somerville College Oxford to celebrate the Edward Lear archive of Vivien Noakes, which has generously been given to the College by Michael Noakes.   The archive includes copies … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Buccione (1867)

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Buccione, Lago d’Orta, Novara, Italy. inscribed and dated ‘4.30 – to 6.30. PM./ June.1.1867./ Lucéra./ near Buccione (Gozzano.)/ Lago d’Orta’ and further indistinctly inscribed in pencil (lower left) and further inscribed with colour notes and numbered ‘(213)’ … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Florence fron San Miniato

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Florence from San Miniato, Italy. Dated ‘June.12th.’ (lower left) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 13 5/8 x 21 ½ in. (34.6 x 54.6 cm.) In 1861 Lear was asked to … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Monastery of Chilandari (1856)

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Monastery of Chilandari, Mount Athos, Greece. Inscribed and dated ‘Chiliandarion / 17. Sept. 1856./ (18.”Monastery)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes and numbered ’84’ (lower right). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white. 14 … Continue reading →

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