Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, El Koorneh (1854)

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, El Koorneh, Egypt. Titled and dated ’19.Feby, 1854′ lower left and with annotations pencil, pen and brown ink and wash on off-white paper 12 x 42.50cm (5 x 17in). Provenance Spink & Son Ltd., 5, 6, 7 King Street, … Continue reading →

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Pussycat Pussycat

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

“Pussycat pussycat, where have you been?” “I’ve been up to London to visit the Queen.” “Pussycat pussycat, what did you there?” “I frightened a little mouse under her chair” “MEOWW!” First published in London during 1805 in the book Songs … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Visits the Baths of Titus

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, ‘Baths of Titus’. Pencil, pen and ink. Inscribed and dated, Feb. 4 (18)40. 3.5×5 inches. These should be the Roman Baths of Titus. Lear mentions what I think are different Baths of Titus near Civita Ducale, which he visited … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Italian Hill-Top Town

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Landscape of an Italian hill-top town. Ca. 1838, unsigned. Pen and black ink, gouache, over pencil, on blue wove paper, 104 x 160 mm. (4″ x 6.25″), inscribed verso “117/ upright/Top,” corners trimmed by the artist, the sheet … Continue reading →

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Edwarad Lear, Italian Lady

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Portrait of a lady in traditional Italian dress, seated with lake beyond [recto]; Head study and inscription in pencil [verso]. Watercolor over pencil. Dated Jan. 17th, 1838, unsigned. 227 x 140 mm. (8.75″ x 5.5″), inscribed verso “14/ upright/ … Continue reading →

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There was an Old Man of Whitehaven…

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

There was an Old Man of Whitehaven, Who danced a quadrille with a raven; But they said, ‘It’s absurd To encourage this bird!’ So they smashed that Old Man of Whitehaven. From the Recent Antiquarian Acquisitions blog at the Lewis … Continue reading →

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The Maid Was in the Garden

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, “The Maid was in the garden, a hanging out the clothes”, original illustration for ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’, pen and black ink on Whatman laid paper with partial watermark, sheet 138 x 220 mm. (5 3/8 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in Amalfi

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

I do not know how I could forget to mention that the catalogue I contributed to is now available on Amazon.it, but not from the other stores: My contributions are a general introduction to Lear’s life up to 1844, his … Continue reading →

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New Book on Edward Lear

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

James Williams’s book on Edward Lear is now available from Amazon, in the UK and in the USA. I haven’t had time to read it yet but the introduction is very promising.

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Edward Lear, Plain of Damascus (1855)

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Plain of Damascus coming from Hermon. Inscribed with title lower left, signed with initials lower right, 28th May 1855. Watercolour, 14.5cm x 21.5cm. The Saleroom.

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