Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear Album to be Auctioned

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

A previously unknown, at least to me, album of early Edward Lear drawings has emerged and will be auctioned on 23 June. The description is not clear on how many of the drawings are Lear’s, it simply states that it … Continue reading →

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Near Khan, Lebanon

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Near Khan, Lebanon. Inscribed and dated ‘Lebanon./17.May.1858./near Khan’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(173)’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘vines and millions of/black pines’ (centre) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, 13¾ x … Continue reading →

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An Unpublished Early Picture by Edward Lear

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

I am by nature a collector, but I can’t say I really care about having originals or first editions: I like having everything produced by Edward Lear, for example, but late editions of his books are all right with me, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Bicentenary: A Request

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Less than a year now before Edward Lear’s 200th birthday. I forgot to post about his birthday this year, but Lear himself did not mention it in his diary for 12 May, he was probably still too depressed after Ann’s … Continue reading →

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The Earliest Recording of The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

The Library of Congress has just launched a new site, National Jukebox, which makes historical recordings available. Among the many jewels is also the Haydn Quartet version of “The Owl and the Pussy-cat.” In a previous post, I had dated … Continue reading →

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Vivien Noakes: More Obituaries

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

The Telegraph published a long article on 11 March: it contains a view of Edward Lear I do not think Vivien would have shared. Below is the text of the Times’ obituary, which Charles Lewsen has kindly sent me: Vivien … Continue reading →

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New Articles on Edward Lear

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

I have recently added two articles on Edward Lear to the Studies on EL page, and they are both freely available: Ponterotto, Diane. “Rule-Breaking and Meaning-Making in Edward Lear.” Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses 6 (1993): 153-61. Waltrick do Amarante, … Continue reading →

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More Edward Lear Auctions

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

At Belgravia Auction Gallery, with an estimate of €8,000-12,000, Selmun Palace: At Christie’s, for a lousy £1,500-2,000, you can get Lucknow, pen and ink, “signed with monogram and inscribed ’42, Lucknow 8pm.’”

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A Hidden Drawing and a Self-Caricature by Edward Lear

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

At the end of the month Bonhams will be auctioning three interesting items of leariana. The most surprising is perhaps a letter to Mrs. Digby Wyatt, wife of Matthew Digby Wyatt, “a British architect  and art historian who became Secretary … Continue reading →

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Vivien Noakes Obituaries

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Read the Guardian obituary online. The Times also had a full page on 4 March, but it is available only to subscribers: here is the link, just in case. Above is a 1995 portrait of Vivien by her husband Michael.

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