Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

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Edward Lear’s First Impressions of Malta (an unpublished letter)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[This previously unpublished letter to his elder sister Ann tells of Edward Lear’s leaving Italy because of the 1848 insurrections; he was on his way to Corfu, where he had been invited by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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Two Watercolours of Shells by Edward Lear

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

The two watercolours below were on sale on eBay a few weeks ago; according to the label, they were made as “watercolour samples for Gould’s Natural History.” eBay. eBay.

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An 1852 Review of “Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria”

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, &c. By Edward Lear, Author of “Journals of a Lnadscape Painter in Albania,” &c. ―London: Bentley, 1852. This splendidly got up volume contains a simple but lively and graphic narrative of a … Continue reading →

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2014 in review

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 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 27,000 times in 2014. If it were a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Florence from Villa Petraja (1861)

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Florence from Villa Petraja. Signed with monogram and dated EL /1861 at lower left. Oil on canvas. 
47 x 75.5 cm (18 ½ x 29 ¾ in.). ‘At present I am at work ferociously on the … Continue reading →

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Christmas Holiday Reading Online

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Several new books by Edward Lear are now available in full online; of particular interest: Lear, Edward. A Book of Nonsense. First Edition. London: T. McLean, 1846. [Florida State University Digital Library] Lear, Edward. A Book of Nonsense. Third Edition. … Continue reading →

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