Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, The Bingemma Valley, Malta

Posted on August 19, 2020 by

Edward Lear, The Bingemma Valley, Malta. Watercolour heightened with bodycolour; signed with the artist’s monogram lower left. 102 by 202 mm. Provenance With The Fine Art Society, 1988 Exhibited London, The Fine Art Society, A Centenary Exhibition, 1988 In this watercolour Edward … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monte Generoso (1878)

Posted on August 18, 2020 by

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil; inscribed both in pen and brown ink and pencil lower left: Monte Generoso / July 24. 1878 / 5 pm / & Aug 5 5.30. Aug 7. – 4.5 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Phyle

Posted on August 17, 2020 by

Edward Lear, Phyle, Attica, Greece. Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic; signed with the artist’s monogram lower left. 165 by 260 mm; 6 1/2 by 10 1/2 in. Provenance Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Lord Houghton (1808-1885); by descent to the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Delphi

Posted on August 16, 2020 by

Edward Lear, Delphi. Signed with monogram l.l. Watercolour. 12 by 19cm., 4¾ by 7½in. Literature Crewe House, London, Inventory, Vol. 2, 1913, p.56, in Lord Crewe’s Study; An Inventory […] of Pictures at West Horsley Place, Surrey, The property of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A View of the Roman Campagna with Travellers Passing a Ruined Brick Tomb, an Aqueduct in the Distance (1841)

Posted on August 15, 2020 by

Edward Lear, A View of the Roman Campagna with Travellers Passing a Ruined Brick Tomb, an Aqueduct in the Distance. Signed and dated lower left: E. Lear/ 1841. Oil on canvas. 9 by 39.7 cm.; 7 1/2  by 15 5/8  in. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Rome, A View of the Forum with the Temple of Venus (1841)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by

Edward Lear, Rome, A View of the Forum with the Temple of Venus. Signed and dated lower left: 13 / E. Lear f. 1841. Oil on canvas. 27.3 by 37.5 cm.; 10 3/4  by 14 3/4  in. Provenance Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A View of the Roman Campagna, a Villa and Aqueduct in the Distance

Posted on August 13, 2020 by

Edward Lear, A View of the Roman Campagna, a Villa and Aqueduct in the Distance. Signed lower left: E. Lear. Inscribed with inventory number lower right: 184 . Oil on canvas. 19 by 39.7 cm.; 7 1/2  by 15 5/8  … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Rome, A View of the Forum from a Terrace (1841)

Posted on August 12, 2020 by

Edward Lear, Rome, A View of the Forum from a Terrace. Signed and dated lower right: 14 / E. Lear f. 1841. Oil on canvas. 27.3 by 37.4 cm.; 10 3/4  by 14 3/4  in. Provenance Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, From S. Giov: Laterano, Roma (1839)

Posted on August 11, 2020 by

Edward Lear, From S. Giovanni in Laterano, 1839. Signed and dated Edward Lear. del. 1839. lower left and inscribed with the title lower right. Pencil heightened with white on buff paper. 7 5/8 by 16 1/2 in. 19.4 by 41.9 cm. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Acropolis, Athens (1848)

Posted on July 31, 2020 by

Edward Lear, The Acropolis, Athens. Pen and brown ink and watercolor, heightened with white on gray paper; inscribed, dated and numbered, lower right: athens – / 5.6. / 9 June. / 1848 / 9. 311 by 508 mm; 12 1/4  by … Continue reading →

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