Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Denderah on the Nile (1863)

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Denderah on the Nile. Signed with monogram ‘EL’ (lower right) and with inscription ‘DENDERAH NILE’ (on verso). Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic on paper. 7.1/8 x 14.7/8 in. (18.2 x 37.7 cm.) Lear visited Egypt three … Continue reading →

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Mid-Victorian Memories of Edward Lear

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Robert Edward Francillon (1841-1919), barrister, novelist and journalist, editor of The Tatler circa 1877 (works at Archive.org); from Mid-Victorian Memories. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. 30-35: My second author [the first being Thomas Talfourd] was of a very different order. I … Continue reading →

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Bonnets

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

George Cruikshank, Undeviating Rectitude, 1819. British Museum images.

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Further Announcements

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

I don’t remember whether I already mentioned the exhibition currently at the Scottish National Gallery, Edward Lear in Greece, featuring pictures from the collection of Steven Runciman. The Gallery will also offer a free lecture on “Edward Lear: Painter of … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell, A Game of Croquet without Rules

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Harper’s Young People, June 30, 1885.

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Desperate Remedies: A Punch Limerick

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Marco Graziosi
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Gerace Celebrates Edward Lear

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

I found this article only a few days ago: it reports that Gerace, a small town in Calabria, put up a plaque last June to celebrate Edward Lear’s two visits to the town. Here is a photograph: The plaque reads: … Continue reading →

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George Carlson’s Old Person of Ware

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

  George Carlson, from Puzzle-Fun Comics, no. 1, Spring 1946. On Carlson see the long two-part essay by Paul Tumey: part 1, part 2.

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More Essays and Announcements

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

I have now updated the Studies on Edward Lear page with several articles mentioned in this post, and a new one: Woddis, Anna. “’More or Less a Sorrow’: Some Observations on the Work of Edward Lear.” Pictures at an Exhibition (Psychology … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Cephalonia Near Asso

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Cephalonia Near Asso 9 May 1862, numbered 145c. 24.5 x 17.5 cm. The figure sitting under the rock might well be Lear himself, on that day he wrote in his diary that he was feeling very tired. … Continue reading →

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