Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, Abydus, Egypt (1867)

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Abydus, Egypt. Watercolour heightened with white. Signed with monogram, titled and dated ‘1867’ (lower left). 16 x 25.5cm (6¼ x 10 in.) Provenance Ruskin Gallery, Stratford Upon Avon 1964 Property from the Estate of William W. Appleton His … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View at Fatehpur. Sikri, India (1874)

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View at Fatehpur. Sikri, India. Pen, ink, and watercolour. Inscribed and dated ‘Fattehpore. Sikree. Feby.28.1874’ (lower left), signed (lower right). 8.5 x 17.5cm (3¼ x 6¾ in.) Provenance Elizabeth Wintgens Gallery, Bucks. Christie’s, South Kensington, Travel and Natural … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Feluccas on a Stretch of the Nile between Manfalut and Assiut (1854)

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Feluccas on a Stretch of the Nile between Manfalut and Assiut. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. Inscribed, dated and numbered  ‘Jany.9.1854/Benimhammed el Confour/between Manfaloot & Es-sioot./3/2PM / 47’  (lower right), colour notes throughout. 8 x 23cm … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Opposite Benihabra Looking South (1867)

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Opposite Benihabra Looking South. Watercolour, ink and wash. Inscribed and titled ‘4.40 jany 5 1867’ (lower left) numbered 79 (lower right). 7.5 x 26cm (2¾ x 10 in.) Dreweatts.

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Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile (1854)

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile. Watercolour. Indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘Jany 11 1854, sunset’ (lower left), numbered ’53’ (lower right). 6.5 x 15cm (2½ x 5¾ in.) Dreaweatts.

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Edward Lear, Isola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore (1837?)

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Isola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore. Pencil with White chalk on blue paper. 9 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ sheet, 21 1/2″ x 25 1/2″ framed. After 1837, Lear lived mainly in Italy and Corfu. On 31 October 1836 he wrote … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Taygetus, near Mystras (1849)

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear,  Taygetus (near Mystras). Dated lower left and right: 22 March 1849, title lower left (in ink) and right (in pencil).  15 x 22,5 cm. Ink and pencil on paper. Invaluable.

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A Touching Appeal: A Parody of “The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò”

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Punch, Vol. 107 (17 November 1894), pp. 234-235. From Amy Matthewson’s Cartooning China: Punch, Power, & Politics in the Victorian Era. London and new York: Routledge, 2022, pp. 114-116. John Tenniel’s “A Touching Appeal” depicts an overgrown childlike Chinese man named Younghy-Bung-Boo-Hoo … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Nile at Kasr-es-Saad

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Nile at Kasr-es-Saad. Inscribed ‘Nile. Kasr es Saad’ (lower left). Watercolour and bodycolour. 17.5 x 37.5cm (6 7/8 x 14 3/4in). Provenance The Honourable Eustace Henry Dawnay, 8 Belgrave Square, London. Thence by family descent to the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View from St. Jean towards Villefranche (1865

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View from St. Jean towards Villefranche. Dated ‘1865’ (lower left); numbered ’37’ (lower right); inscribed ‘from/Ville St.  Jean/(Villefranche) 15. February 1.PM.’ (on a fragment of paper attached beneath the  mount); extensively inscribed with colour notes throughout. Watercolour and … Continue reading →

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