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- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
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- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
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Category Archives: Edward Lear
Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto, Rome
Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto, Rome. Watercolour, Indistinctly inscribed, and inscribed verso (now framed) 5.5″ x 9″ (14 x 22.8cm). I already posted this image, but it looks better here. The Saleroom.
Edward Lear’s 9000 Landscape Drawings
Stephen Duckworth has posted a new website with lots of information on Edward Lear’s tours and drawings / watercolours. It presents a lor of previously-unavailable information, so don’t miss it! Previous posts by Stephen: Edward Lear’s travels in the Peloponnese … Continue reading
The Abbey of Santo Spirito at Sulmona (1844)
Edward Lear, The Abbey of Santo Spirito at Sulmona. Signed lower right ‘E. Lear del. 1844’ and inscribed lower left ‘Abbadia di S. Spirito.’ Black chalk, pencil and stump heightened with white on buff paper 8.5 x 15cm Provenance John … Continue reading
Saint-John Perse, Joseph Conrad and Edward Lear
The following is the beginning of a letter by Saint-John Perse to Joseph Conrad, from St.-Perse, Letters. Translated and edited by Arthur J. Knodel. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979. Letter 181, pp. 364-365. To Mr. Joseph Conrad “Oswalds,” Bishopsbourne, … Continue reading
Leap Year, by Edward Lear
From Edward Lear’s Diary, 29 February 1872.
Edward Lear, Paxo (1863)
Edward Lear, Paxo. Inscribed and dated 5 April 1863 and numbered 5, pen and sepia ink with colour washes, 12.5 x 18.5cm. The Saleroom.
Edward Lear, Lacca in Paxo (1863)
Edward Lear, Lacca in Paxo. Inscribed and dated 9 April 1867 [actually 1863, 2 P.M.], pen and sepia ink with colour washes and white, 35 x 52cm. The Saleroom.
Edward Lear, View of Cogoleto (1864)
Edward Lear, View of Cogoleto, Italy. Inscribed and dated High wind & cold/Cogoletto [sic]/3.30pm/24 Dec 1864 (lower left), numbered (82) (lower right), and further inscribed elsewhere with colour notes. Pen and brown ink, and watercolour. 36.7 x 54.6cm; 14½ x 21½in … Continue reading
Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio (1864)
Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio, Italy. Dated and inscribed Porto Maurizio/9 AM/29 December 1864 (lower left), numbered (114) (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes. Pen and ink, and watercolour, heightened with white. 32.9 x 49cm; 13 x … Continue reading
A Misattributed Supposed Caricature of Edward Lear
The above item is to be auctioned in the next few days with the following description: An original watercolour caricature of Edward Lear, by original cartoonist of Punch magazine, Matthew (Matt Somverille Morgan), circa 1850, 65cm x 48cm overall, framed. … Continue reading
