Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, The Wolf and the Lamb

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, “The Wolf and the Lamb.” The Metropolitan Magazine, vol. XXII no. 4, July 1905, p. 435.

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Carolyn Wells, The Scientific Goose

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Carolyn Wells, “The Scientific Goose.” Illustrated by J.M. Condé. The Metropolitan Magazine, vol. XXII no. 3, June 1905, p. 3377.

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Peter Newell, The Literal Hen

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, “The Literal Hen. A Fable for Certain Folk” The Metropolitan Magazine, vol. XXII no. 2, May 1905, p. 194.

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Technical Tendencies of Caricature (illustrated by G. Verbeek)

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Henry McBride & Gustave Verbeck, “Technical Tendencies of Caricature.” The Monthly Illustrator, Vol. 4, No. 13, May 1895, pp. 215-219.

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Peter Newell, The Educated Rat

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, “The Educated Rat.” The Metropolitan Magazine, vol. XXII no. 1, April 1905, p. 97.

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Edward Lear, View of Capri from across the Bay at Massa (1840)

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Capri from across the Bay at Massa, Italy. Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Edward Lear del. 1840/Capri from Massa’ (lower right) pencil and black chalk heightened with white. 10 x 16 5/8 in. (25.4 x 42.2 cm.) For a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Sorrento (1839)

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Sorrento. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear del./1839’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Sorrento’ (lower left) pencil and black chalk heightened with white. 9 7/8 x 16 ½ in. (25 x 42 cm.) Lear spent the summer of 1838 travelling … Continue reading →

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Georgiana Peel’s Recollections of Edward Lear

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Lady Georgiana Peel, née Lady Georgiana Adelaide Russell, (1836-1922) was Archibald Peel’s second wife; he was a friend Edward Lear frequently mentioned in the diaries. A book of her memoirs was published in 1920 by her daughter; unfortunately, the editing … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Pentedatelo and Jenidgé

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Two undated watercolours to be auctioned at Bonhams: Pentedatelo (Pentedattilo, Calabria, Italy), signed with monogram. Jenidgé (Macedonia).

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Edward Lear’s First Impressions of Malta (an unpublished letter)

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

[This previously unpublished letter to his elder sister Ann tells of Edward Lear’s leaving Italy because of the 1848 insurrections; he was on his way to Corfu, where he had been invited by G.F. Bowen. It also contains Lear’s first … Continue reading →

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