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Category Archives: Edward Lear
Edward Lear in Ninfa
Last Friday (23 October) I was in Ninfa, where “the most romantic garden in the world” is situated, for a conference celebrating 100 years since its creation among the ruins of a Medieval town. The conference was organized by Fondazione … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Ruins in the Campagna
Edward Lear, Ruins in the Campagna. Oil on canvas, 23.2 x 32.6 cm, framed, slightly damaged. Provenance: Directly from the artist by inheritance to the great-great-grandfather of the present owner; Private Collection United States of America. Catalogued and illustrated in: … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto
Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto, Rome. Indistinctly inscribed (lower left) and further inscribed ‘The sketch/ on the other side/ taken from below the Ponte Rotto – a bit/ of which is on the left corner.’ (verso) pencil, pen and brown ink … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Tor San Eusebio (1845)
Edward Lear, Tor San Eusebio. Inscribed and dated ‘Tor Sant’Eusebio./ 13th. February 1845.’ (lower left) and further inscribed with colour notes.
Edward Lear, Figures Loading a Barge (1837)
Edward Lear, Figures Loading a Barge. Signed ‘Edward Lear del’ (lower left), dated ‘Oct. 1837’ (lower right) and numbered 53.W. (lower right).
Edward Lear, A Tower in the Campagna, Rome (1846)
Edward Lear, A Tower in the Campagna, Rome. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear. del./ 1846.’ (lower right).
Edward Lear, Mount Parnes from Varnava, Greece (1868)
Edward Lear, Mount Parnes from Varnava, Greece Inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Mt. Parnes, from Varnava./ 16. June. 1868/ (39.)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with the artist’s colour notes throughout. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour 10 ¼ x … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Masada from the Dead Sea
Edward Lear, Masada from the Dead Sea. Signed with monogram (lower right) pencil, pen and brown and blue ink and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour 7 1/8 x 15 in. (18.1 x 38.1 cm.) Provenance With the Redfern Gallery, London, where … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, The Pass of Monte d’Oro, C0rsica
Edward Lear, The Pass of Monte d’Oro, Corsica. Signed with monogram (lower left) and inscribed ‘Snow peaks exact & sharp off cloud/ Foliage all Beech. on turf/ small stream in foreground (verso). Provenance Frances, Countess Waldegrave and her husband, Chichester … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Etna (1864)
Edward Lear, Etna. Inscribed Etna 5 June 1864, watercolour with pen and ink 4 x 11cm. [Drawn while getting back from Crete.] The Saleroom.