Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, View of Janina

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Janina. Watercolour and pastel. 29 x 45.5cm (11 7/16 x 17 15/16in). Provenance With J. Leger & Son, London, 1959 (as Janina, Turkey). Private collection, UK. Ioannina (or Janina) which lies on Lake Pamvotis is part … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Dhows on the Nile

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Dhows on the Nile. Pencil and watercolour Dated ’29 Dec’ (lower left), numbered ‘161’ (lower right), colour notes throughout 6.5 x 22.5cm (2½ x 8¾ in.) Provenance The Ruskin Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon. The gallery label affixed verso dates the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Deir Kadige on the River Nile

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Deir Kadige on the River Nile, Egypt. Inscribed Deir Cadige March 14 sunset Dome orange, 66 x 151mm. Loosely laid down on an old mount, slight sporadic stains, undisturbed in old ebonised frame with, on the reverse, the … Continue reading →

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A Letter by Edward Lear

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, letter to unknown recipient from Barzanò, Monza, of 28 July 1886: The Post brings me a letter from the Tennyson Poet folk – about the “Break break” — & the “Lines to E.L.” And I think it would … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, San Buci (1840)

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, San Buci, near Rome (Sambuci?). Pencil on grey-brown paper, laid onto card, title and date ‘9 July 1840’ to lower right in pencil, pencil note to lower left ‘Ivy’, small loss at left lower corner, slight overall toning, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Nuneham Elms, Stratton, Hampshire (1877)

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Nuneham Elms, Stratton, Hampshire.

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Edward Lear, View of the Nile at Es Shelaal, Egypt (1867)

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of the Nile at Es Shelaal, Egypt. Inscribed and dated Es Shelaal/4-4.45 pm/28 Jany 1867 (lower left), numbered 249 (lower right), and further inscribed with colour notes throughout. Pencil, pen and brown ink, and watercolour, heightened with … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Near Beni Suef (1854)

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Near Beni Suef. Pen, ink and wash. Inscribed ‘near Benisouef. 14. March. AM 8-1854’ (lower left) and ‘Sky, at horizon, palest water pk(?)’ (lower right), and with colour notes throughout. 6.5 x 15cm (2½ x 5¾ in.) Dreweatts.

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Edward Lear, Near Kalàbshe (1867)

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Near Kalàbshe. Pen and ink and wash. Inscribed and dated ‘5.5pm. 16.Feby. 1867. near Kalabashe’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(500)’ (lower right). 7.5 x 15cm (2¾ x 5¾ in.) Provenance With Ryman & Co., Oxford Bonham’s, London, Fine British … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Pyramids

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Pyramids. Pencil and watercolour. Signed with monogram (lower right). 10 x 20cm (3¾ x 7¾ in.) Dreweatts.

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