Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, Akroteri from Khanea, Crete (1864)

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Akroteri from Khanea, Crete. Dated ’10 AM 17 April 1864′ (lower left), numbered ‘(14)’ and inscribed ‘from Khanea’  (lower right); extensively inscribed with colour notes throughout. Pen, ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of white, 16 x 37.5cm (6 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Coast of Malabar

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coast of Malabar. Signed with monogram (lower right). Oil on canvas, 23.5 x 46.5cm (9 1/4 x 18 5/16in). Painted in 1880 (according to an inscription on the frame). Provenance The Honourable Eustace Henry Dawnay, 8 Belgrave Square, London. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Campagna di Roma, via Nomentana

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Campagna di Roma, Via Nomentana. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour, 11 x 20.5cm (4 5/16 x 8 1/16in). Provenance With Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. Private collection, UK (acquired by the grandfather of the present owner). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Licenza, near Rome

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Licenza, near Rome. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour, 12 x 18cm (4 11/16 x 7 1/16in). Provenance With The Fine Art Society, Ltd., April 1963. Private collection, UK (acquired from the above by the grandfather of the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Coast between Amalfi and Positano (1839)

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coast between Amalfi and Positano. Dated 1839. Pencil drawing. 27 x 42cm. Signed. MutualArt. Pencil drawing heightened in white, ‘Coast between Amalfi and Positano’, signed and dated 1839 and titled, with The Fine Art Society label verso dated April 1969, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Parnassus (1849)

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Parnassus. Pen, ink, pencil and wash – “Parnassus, 12 April 1849, 11 A.M.” – Mount Parnassus from Near Thebes – a study of an extensive landscape, with figures, some on horseback, inscribed, dated and numbered 159, 11.25ins x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, (Italian Landscapes) (1838)

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Landscape scene with figures in the foreground. Pen and ink, signed lower right ‘ E Leer’ and further inscribed ’15 March 1838′, 9 x 12cm  and another, landscape, pencil, pen and ink, unsigned, 9.5 x 12cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, From Monte St Angelo

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, From Monte St Angelo. Sepia ink and pencil with faint annotations, 8.5 x 15cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Sketch of Monte Cima and Lake Lugano (?)

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sketch of Monte Cima and Lake Lugano. Signed, inscribed and dated ’11:15am/ Lake Lugano/ 18 August.1898, Monte Cima’ (lower left), annotated throughout. Pencil, pen and ink. 16.5 x 26cm (6 1/2 x 10 1/4in). Provenance Anon. sale, Bonhams, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monte Generoso (1848)

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso, 1848. Inscribed and dated ‘Monte Generoso/9.AM. August 2.1848’ (lower left), annotated  throughout. Watercolour over traces of pencil. 40.3 x 55.5cm (15 7/8 x 21 7/8in). Provenance Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 2 November 1995, lot 82. Bonhams.

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