Category Archives: Edward Lear

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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Edward Lear, Four vignette studies of birds

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Four vignette studies of birds – a pair of parrots, a flamingo, an avocet and a merganser, each signed ‘E. Lear.’ (lower left). All pencil, with watercolour and bodycolour, two heightened with gold, on paper. two 9 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Gulf of Brolo from near Kokkinomilia (1848)

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Gulf of Brolo from near Kokkinomilia. Inscribed and dated ‘Gulf of Brolo. / from near Kokinomelia. [sic] / 25. June. 1848’ (lower right), numbered ‘(82)’ (lower left), and extensively inscribed with artists notes throughout. Pencil, pen and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Plataea (1848)

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Plataea, Greece. inscribed and dated ‘Platoea. [sic]/ 5. July. 1848’ (lower left), and numbered ‘123’ (lower right). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper. 10 1⁄8 x 16 ½ in. (25.8 x 41.9 cm.) Provenance Charles … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Bellagio, Lago di Como (1867)

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bellagio, Lago di Como. Inscribed and dated ‘Lago di Como. Bellagio./ 6.AM. 27th. & 5.PM. 26th May. 1867./  Pinewood very dark. Stems red gray.’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(170)’ (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Dendera, Egypt (1867)

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Dendera, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘Dendera/ 4.30.PM./ January 15/ 1867’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(173)’ (lower right), and further inscribed with colour notes throughout. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of white on paper. … Continue reading →

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An Unpublished Limerick (4)

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

The last of the manuscript limericks does not have a picture. Written in pencil, and in a different hand. There was a young Lady of Tweedle Who in Church sat down on a needle With the calmest of smiles She … Continue reading →

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An Unpublished Limerick (3)

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

The second of the three limericks at the end of the new-found proof copy of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense, second edition. There was a young Person of Ghent Who went out to slide on the Trent The Ice … Continue reading →

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An Unpublished Limerick (2)

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

The first of the three limericks at the end of the new-found proof copy of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense, second edition. Again, the picture looks Learesque to me, but the handwriting does not. There was a young Lady of … Continue reading →

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