Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Plain of Argos from Mycene (1879)

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Plain of Argos from Mycenae. Signed with monogram and dated 1879 (lower left), inscribed ‘Argos from Mycenae/1849 (lower right), also titled beneath mount. Watercolour. 29 x 52.5cm (11 7/16 x 20 11/16in). The present lot is one of a number … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Diaries Blog News

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Tomorrow I will resume posting Edward Lear’s diaries from the date I stopped over a year ago. I will try to publish two-three entries a day until I reach the end of 1865, at which point Lear will be in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in Malta

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

I wrote the review below exactly one year ago for a newsletter of the Edward Lear Society that never appeared. Even though it is too late to visit the exhibition, you may still be able to order the book: it contains the … Continue reading →

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The Beatles and Edward Lear

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

The first sign of the metamorphosis that was under way in the Beatles’ music came on the group’s first single of 1966, “Paperback Writer” b/w “Rain,” a record that recalled “Can’t Buy Me Love” b/w “You Can’t Do That” in its … Continue reading →

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“A Master of the Faux Demotic”

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Would you believe this is a characterization of Edward Lear? Miller, Sam. A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes. London: Vintage Books, 2014. 184: Edward Lear, the English illustrator and poet, a master of the faux demotic and … Continue reading →

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2015 in review

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 29,000 times in 2015. If it were a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in Gozo

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

A new essay on Edward Lear has been added to the bibliography: Tabone, Joseph Attard. “Edward Lear in Gozo, March 1866.” Every Traveller Needs a Compass: Travel and Collecting in Egypt and the Near East. Eds. Cooke, Neil and Vanessa … Continue reading →

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Syd Barrett and Edward Lear

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

[Syd Barrett’s Fart Enjoy contains] two pages of cut-up nursery rhymes. One reads: Sprat Locket Patch Lift The Latch. Johnny Shall Have A New Bonnet The other reads: Hark! Jack Was Diddlty Dumpty All Jolly To Market To Buy A … Continue reading →

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Nonsense Programmes

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

As usual for the Christmas period, the BBC has a few Nonsense-related programmes you can listen to while still available on iPlayer Radio: Drama of the Week, which you can download as a podcast, is Jeremy Iron’s reading of T.S. … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Rabier’s Bullets

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Antoine Sausverd of Töpfferiana has a very interesting post on a pair of strips by Benjamin Rabier which appear to have been influenced by Peter Newell: “Trajectoire,” a single-page story from La Jeunesse illustrée (no. 700, 11 February 1917) follows the … Continue reading →

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