Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, Near Calikut, Malabar

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Near Calikut, Malabar. Indian river landscape with hills to the distance, monogrammed lower right, titled lower left, watercolour, 10cm x 20cm. Calicut, now known as Kozhikode, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Indian River Landscape

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Indian River Landscape with Palm Trees and Hills. Indian river landscape with palm trees and hills to the distance, probably Malabar monogrammed lower right, watercolour, 10cm x 20cm Provenance Franklin Lushington (1823-1901) and thence by descent. Franklin Lushington, … Continue reading →

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Two more Bavella Pictures by Edward Lear

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Forest of Bavella. 4 PM. 29 April 1868. Edward Lear, Forest of Bavella. 8.20 AM. 29 April 1868. Both pictures, from the Houghton Library, Harvard University, will be on display at the Birmingham Ikon exhibition in autumn. See … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Bavella Pictures

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

I receive from the lucky owner of one Bavella sketch and publish (with some editing). The drawings I am interested in are illustrated in Philip Hofer’s book Edward Lear as a Landscape Draughtsman, plates 72 & 95. Both these drawings … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monte Casale Sacromonte (1879)

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Casale Sacromonte. 1879, numbered 3, pen and inks, 32 x 49cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Mount Etna at Sunset (1864)

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Etna at Sunset. Inscribed ‘Etna 5 June 7pm 1864’ and with colour notes, numbered (183) l.r., pen and brown ink and watercolour. 6.7 x 27cm. Provenance With the Fine Art Society, London, 1962. Probably drawn while getting … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Castel Giubileo (?)

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Castel Giubileo (?). Dated, Jan 7th 1845/brown ink, 21.5cm x 38cm. The Saleroom.

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La taupe suspendue

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Félix Bracquemond (Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres), Les Taupes, 1854. Etching; sixth state of seven. Sheet: 19 1/8 × 12 1/16 in. (48.6 × 30.7 cm) Plate: 10 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (27 × 19.4 cm). Inscribed in plate, lower right: … Continue reading →

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Two Edward Lear Pictures on eBay

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Antique British Interior Sketch Signed E.L. Dated Jan 1st 1868. 6.75 x 5.55 inches the sheet. [I think I should know, but can’t remember what the object on the left is; can anyone remind me? Marco] eBay. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Black Mountain, Cephalonia

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Black Mountain, Cephalonia. Watercolor on wove paper, circa 1863. 260×360 mm; 10 1/4×14 1/4 inches. Initialed and titled in pencil, lower right recto, and annotated “4” in pencil, upper left recto. Provenance Private collection, Massachusetts. invaluable.

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