Category Archives: Edward Lear

Gerace Celebrates Edward Lear

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

I found this article only a few days ago: it reports that Gerace, a small town in Calabria, put up a plaque last June to celebrate Edward Lear’s two visits to the town. Here is a photograph: The plaque reads: … Continue reading →

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George Carlson’s Old Person of Ware

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

  George Carlson, from Puzzle-Fun Comics, no. 1, Spring 1946. On Carlson see the long two-part essay by Paul Tumey: part 1, part 2.

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More Essays and Announcements

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

I have now updated the Studies on Edward Lear page with several articles mentioned in this post, and a new one: Woddis, Anna. “’More or Less a Sorrow’: Some Observations on the Work of Edward Lear.” Pictures at an Exhibition (Psychology … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Cephalonia Near Asso

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Cephalonia Near Asso 9 May 1862, numbered 145c. 24.5 x 17.5 cm. The figure sitting under the rock might well be Lear himself, on that day he wrote in his diary that he was feeling very tired. … Continue reading →

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A New Collection, with a Never-before-Seen Portrait of Edward Lear

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

On the 1st August 2010 Vivien Noakes received an email telling her of some pictures owned by descendants of Sarah Street, née Lear. A further email yielded a few details; but the onset of Dr. Noakes’s final illness aborted the … Continue reading →

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The Natural History of the Wheelbarrow

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Marco Graziosi
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More to Read on Lear and Nonsense

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

When I last posted news of essays on Edward Lear I forgot to mention the following I learned about from John Varriano’s essay: Fiorentino, Emmanuel. “Edward Lear in Malta.” Proceedings of History Week 1984  (1986): 33-40. Available online as a … Continue reading →

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Something to Read

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

The holidays are over, but if you are still looking for some good Edward Lear reading here is a list of relatively new items: John Varriano has a long article in the Christmas 2013 issue of Treasures of Malta on “Edward … Continue reading →

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Gustave Verbeek’s Cruel Tales and the Nonsense Tradition

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

[I wrote this short article for The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek: The Complete Sunday Comics 1903-1905, edited by Peter Maresca, foreword by Martin Gardner. Palo Alto, CA: Sunday Press Books, 2009, where it appeared under the title “Verbeek’s Loony Lyrics … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mdina (1866)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Mdina or Citta Vecchia, Malta. Inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Citta Vecchia./Malta/January 28. 1866./ 11-12 AM./ (34)’ (lower right) and variously inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on buff paper 13 x 20½ … Continue reading →

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