Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, The River Nile at Abou Seir, the Second Cataract (1867)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The River Nile at Abou Seir, the Second Cataract, Egypt. Pen and brown and grey ink with watercolour over pencil, heightened with white on buff-coloured paper; inscribed in ink and in pencil, lower left: Abou Seir / 2d Cataract / … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Baalbek, Lebanon (1858 / 1862)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Baalbek, Lebanon. Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour; signed with monogram and dated twice, lower left: 1858 / 1862. 180 by 370 mm. Provenance Mrs Ashton; Miss Lupton, Leeds; thence by family descent, until 1992; with Agnew’s, London, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Gorge at Wady Barada, Lebanon (1858)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Gorge at Wady Barada, Lebanon. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil, on grey paper; inscribed, lower right: Suk Wady Barada / 25 May 1858 / (215), and further inscribed with colour notes. 365 by 525 mm. Provenance … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Gebel Serbal (1849)

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Gebel Serbal, Egypt. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil; inscribed, lower right: Gebel Serbal / 30 Jany.1849 / 1 P.M., numbered, lower left: 179., and further inscribed with colour notes.  130 by 225 mm. Provenance Sale, London, Sotheby’s, 16 July 1987, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Nubians at the First Cataract on the Nile at Philae (1867)

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Nubians at the First Cataract on the Nile at Philae, Egypt. Pen and grey ink and watercolour over pencil; inscribed in ink and pencil, lower left: Cataract 1st / 11. A.M. / Jany 30. 1867, further inscribed, lower centre: Nubians mostly white, some … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Grand Canal looking towards the Rialto Bridge, Venice (1865)

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Grand Canal looking towards the Rialto Bridge, Venice. Pen and brown ink and watercolor over pencil; dated lower right: 13 November 1865 (2.pm), extensively inscribed with the artist’s color notes. 352 by 504 mm; 13 7/8 by 19 7/8 … Continue reading →

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An Edward Lear Alphabet, a Story and a Letter in Italian

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

The British Library website has published the manuscript of Edward Lear’s History of the Seven Families of Lake Pipple-Popple, which also contains a full Nonsense alphabet and another version of “High diddle diddle.” Add MS 47462: ‘Written & illustrated for Lady … Continue reading →

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An Early Limerick Manuscript

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Manuscript. An illustrated book of limericks, circa 1865, 32pp., each with large illustration and limerick beneath in brown ink, some spotting and marks, paper watermarked ‘T & J H 1865’, sheet size 14 x 23cm (5.5 x 9ins), stitching broken … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Cefalu (1847)

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cefalu. Ink and pencil on buff paper. ‘Cefalu’ inscribed and dated 8th July 1847 and numbered 226, Spink & Son Ltd label verso. 8 x 12.75in. Watercolour on paper which is showing some undulation so thought not to … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Pentedatilo

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Pentedatilo, Calabria, Italy. Pen and brown ink and watercolour; signed with the artist’s monogram lower left. 164 by 257 mm. Lear travelled through Calabria in southern Italy in 1847, and he recorded in his journal upon his arrival in late … Continue reading →

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