Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, The Bay of Naples (1840)

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Bay of Naples, Italy. Inscribed, signed and dated l.r.: Napoli,/ Edward Lear/ 7.07.1840.- pencil heightened with white on blue paper. 17 by 24cm., 6¾ by 9½in. Sotheby’s.

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Edward Lear, Reapers at their Sultry Toil, Monte Gennaro, Italy

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Reapers at their Sultry Toil, Monte Gennaro, Italy. Inscribed ’40/and one, the reapers at their sultry toil’ (margin upper left); ‘Monte Gennaro.(Italy.)’ (margin upper right); indistinctly inscribed (margin lower left). Pencil, ink and wash. 35.6 x 54cm (14 x 21 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Pentedattilo

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Pentedattilo, Calabria. Signed with monogram (lower right); inscribed ‘Pentedatilo’ (lower left). Watercolour . 9.8 x 19.7cm (3 7/8 x 7 3/4in). Provenance Private collection UK. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Zitza (1857)

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Zitza, Albania. Titled and dated ‘Zitza/7.April.1857’ (lower right); variously and indistinctly annotated elsewehere. Watercolour, pencil and ink. 29.8 x 48.9cm (11 3/4 x 19 1/4in). Provenance Probably, anon. sale, Christie’s, London, 22 March 1988, lot. 142. Private collection UK. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Convent near Soracte (1843)

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Convent near Soracte. Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1843 l.l., pencil heightened with white on grey paper 9 x 17cm Provenance: With Abbott & Holder, London. The Saleroom.

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Ye Great Meyerbeer

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

“Ye great Meyerbeer — as seen at Spa in ye summer of 1856.” The label on the back of the picture attributes this to Edward Lear, and actually the drawing style — while a little too “finished” — is not … Continue reading →

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A Call for Papers

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Jasmine Jagger,co-editor with Matthew Bevis of the Knowing Edward Lear Project, and curator of the Learical Tennyson online exhibition, informs me that there will be a special issue of Victorian Poetry devoted to Edward Lear in 2020. Here is the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mt. Etna from near Carlentini (1852)

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mt. Etna from near Carlentini. Pen and ink, signed, titled and dated 1852, 23cm x 28.5cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, The Plains of Marathon

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Plains of Marathon, Greece. Signed lower left with monogram “EL” watercolour 10 x 20cm (4 x 8in). Provenance Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London SW7. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Bissone (1878)

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Bissone, Lake Lugano, Switzerland. Inscribed with title, colour notes and dated “10.15 to 11 a.m. / 17 August 1878” lower left pen, brown ink and blue wash 31 x 51cm (12 x 20in). Provenance Michael Spratt, English … Continue reading →

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