Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, Cannes (1865)

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cannes. Inscribed and dated ‘Cannes./ 3.30. P.M./ 10 April. 1865.’ (lower left) and numbered  ‘135’ (lower right, and further inscribed in Greek and with colour notes). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 6 7/8 x 21 ¼ … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Rabbato, Gozo, Malta (1866)

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Rabbato, Gozo, Malta. Dated ‘5.30 P.M. March 20. 1866.’ and numbered ‘203’ (lower right) and extensively . Inscribed with colour notes throughout. Pen and brown ink and pink, green and ochre wash heightened with white on grey paper. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Cannes (1865)

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cannes. Inscribed and dated ‘Cannes./5.4.5 PM. 8 April 1865 Isle Ste. Marguerite’ (lower left)  and numbered (‘115’) (lower right), and further inscribed with the artist’s colour notes. Pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white on blue … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Argostoli and the Black Mountain, Cephalonia (1863)

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Argostoli and the Black Mountain, Cephalonia. Inscribed, numbered and dated ‘Argostoli [in Greek]. (129)/May 5. 1863.’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 12 7/8 x 19 ¾ in. (32.8 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Monastery of St Nilus, Mount Athos (1856)

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Monastery of St Nilus, Mount Athos. Inscribed in Greek ‘Ayios Nilos’ and inscribed and dated ‘Athos./ 7.Sept.1856.’ (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 14 x 20 ¾ in. … Continue reading →

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The Darwins and Edward Lear’s “scroobious”

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear was always in contact with naturalists, especially as a young ornithological illustrator. He certainly provided illustrations for  The Zoology of Captain Beechey’s Voyage (1839) and may have had a part in the production of Charles Darwin’s Zoology of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Near Perivolia, Chania, Crete (1864)

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Near Perivolia, Chania, Crete. Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour heightened with white. 370 × 540 mm. (14 ⅝ × 21 ¼ in.). Inscribed (in Greek) Perivolia. Chania and dated 11 A.M. 23 April 1864 and numbered (35). The … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Santa Maria di Polsi (1847)

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Santa Maria di Polsi. Pencil, pen and ink with wash, heightened with white. 497 × 343 mm. (19 ⅝ × 13 ½ in.). Signed, inscribed and dated: “8 August 1847”. Lear travelled in Calabria in 1847. The lithograph … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Red Tower or St. Agatha’s Tower, Malta (1866)

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Red Tower or St. Agatha’s Tower, Malta. 1866. Watercolor and ink on paper. 7.5 by 10.75. MutualArt.

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Variant Versions of Edward Lear’s Limericks

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

‘There was an old person of Skye,/ Who was nearly a hundred feet high;/ He seemed to the people/ As tall as a steeple,/ And served as a lighthouse on Skye.’ (upper left) pen and brown ink, partial watermark ’18…’ … Continue reading →

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