Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

A New Collection, with a Never-before-Seen Portrait of Edward Lear

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

On the 1st August 2010 Vivien Noakes received an email telling her of some pictures owned by descendants of Sarah Street, née Lear. A further email yielded a few details; but the onset of Dr. Noakes’s final illness aborted the … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

The Natural History of the Wheelbarrow

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Marco Graziosi
Posted in Comics, Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

More to Read on Lear and Nonsense

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

When I last posted news of essays on Edward Lear I forgot to mention the following I learned about from John Varriano’s essay: Fiorentino, Emmanuel. “Edward Lear in Malta.” Proceedings of History Week 1984  (1986): 33-40. Available online as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

George Thomas Lanigan’s Ahkoond of Swat

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

From American Notes and Queries, vol. 4, no. 6, 7 December 1889, pp. 67-8. Ahkoond of Swat. — Can you give me a poem of this title by the late George Lanigan?Frank E. Marshall. Philadelphia, Pa. A gentleman on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

The Tiny Tads Visit the Butterflybrary

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

  Another unusual adventure of Gustave Verbeek’s Tiny Tads from 1910.

Posted in Comics, Gustave Verbeek | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Something to Read

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

The holidays are over, but if you are still looking for some good Edward Lear reading here is a list of relatively new items: John Varriano has a long article in the Christmas 2013 issue of Treasures of Malta on “Edward … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Tiny Tads Travel to the Clouds

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

An unusual 1910 episode from Gustave Verbeek’s Terrors of the Tiny Tads. Society is Nix from Sunday Press, which I mentioned in the previous post, has been reviewed in the New York Review of Books blog.

Posted in Comics, Gustave Verbeek | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Gustave Verbeek’s Cruel Tales and the Nonsense Tradition

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

[I wrote this short article for The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek: The Complete Sunday Comics 1903-1905, edited by Peter Maresca, foreword by Martin Gardner. Palo Alto, CA: Sunday Press Books, 2009, where it appeared under the title “Verbeek’s Loony Lyrics … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Edward Lear, Gustave Verbeek, Lewis Carroll, Nonsense Lyrics | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

2013 in review

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 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 28,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Edward Lear, Mdina (1866)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Mdina or Citta Vecchia, Malta. Inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Citta Vecchia./Malta/January 28. 1866./ 11-12 AM./ (34)’ (lower right) and variously inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on buff paper 13 x 20½ … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment