Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, El Kab, Egypt (1854)

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, El Kab, Egypt. Pen, ink, and watercolour, heightened with white. Inscribed with title and dated ’13 Feb 1854′ (lower left), colour notes throughout. 20 x 33.5cm (7¾ x 13 in.) Provenance Leger Galleries, London, November 1970 Edward Lear … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ravello (1844)

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, ‘Ravello, 9 June 1844’. Pen and ink, 16 x 12cm, mounted but unframed. Lear was in the area on Ravello on this date, evidenced by other works from June 1844 including pen sketch of Amalfi inscribed and dated … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Èze, Southern France

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Èze, Southern France. Watercolor and bodycolor, heightened with white and gum arabic. 122 by 186 mm; 4⅞ by 7⅜ in. MutualArt.

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Edward Lear in the Peloponnese

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Stephen Duckworth has completed his webiste on Edward Lear’s travels in the Peloponnese in 1849 with Lushington and Charles Church. The pages have a lange number of pictures, some never before seen and Lear’s journal as transcribed by Church. A … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Albenga from the Railway(1880)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Albenga From the Railway. Inscribed with colour notes and dated: 6 Sep 1880/ 6.40 pm and with the lines from Tennyson “The day was sloping towards his western bower.” Pen and sepia ink with pencil and touches of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Mount Athos (1857)

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Mount Athos, Greece. Pencil and oil on artist’s board. Painting 11 7⁄8 x 18 ½ in. (30.1 x 47 cm.) Provenance The artist, by whom given to Canon C.M. Church. with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, where purchased by … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Narkunda (1874)

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Narkunda, [India]. Watercolour study heightened in white – ‘Narkundo’, 29th April 1874, monogrammed lower right, 10cm x 17.5cm, mounted and framed under glass. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Tor de’ Schiavi, Campagna de Roma

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Tor de’Schiavi, Campagna di Roma. Signed with monogram (lower left). Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and with scratching out. 7 x 14 ¾ in. (17.8 x 37.5 cm.) Provenance The artist, by whom given to Chichester Fortescue, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, La Cava (1838)

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, La Cava, Italy. Signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed ‘La Cava’ (lower left). Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper. 6 ½ x 10 3⁄8 in. (16.5 x 26 cm.) The highly finished nature and tight … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Two Views of Thebes (1848)

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Two views of Thebes. The first inscribed and dated ‘Thebes & Cithaeron / 3. July. 1848 / (115)’ (lower right), and inscribed with artist’s notes throughout; the second inscribed and dated ‘Thebes / Thiva. / July 4. 1848. … Continue reading →

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