Category Archives: Edward Lear

Dancing Monstrosities

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In a previous post I showed that Edward Lear was probably at least partially indebted to George Cruikshank for the frequently recurring osmosis between humans and animals, and I posted Cruiskhank’s Montrosities of 1821 as an example of extremely caricatural … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Almost two years ago I posted William Michael’s Rossetti’s reminiscences of Edward Lear. Neither Rossetti nor Hunt, in his memories on Edward Lear in Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (London: Macmillan & Co., 1905, vol 1, pp. 328ff) mention that Lear was also … Continue reading →

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Ye Ancient Fizzgiggious Fish

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

The fizzgiggious Fish, who always walked about upon Stilts, because he had no legs.   Hours of Joanna the Mad (Add MS 18852), a spectacular Book of Hours that was produced for Joanna of Castile (more frequently, and somewhat unfairly, … Continue reading →

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W.S.’s Bosh

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In a previous post, The Father of Nonsense, I published an 1877 letter in which Edward Lear thanked one W.S. for the dedication of a Book of Bosh, usually taken to be The Book of Bosh. With which are incorporated some amusing and instructive … Continue reading →

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Humpty Dumpty by Aliquis

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Last year I posted Edward Lear’s version of Humpty Dumpty, and was reminded of Aliquis’s Pictorial Humpty Dumpty (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1843), another “panorama” by the author of The Flight of the Old Woman Who Was Tossed Up in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and Queen Victoria

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In 1980, Marina Warner published an article on Queen Victoria’s art, which included a short examination of what Edward Lear taught her. Here is the relevant section: Under Albert’s bracing influence, Victoria wanted to improve, and as soon as the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Pornographer?

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Several months ago, Nina Bouri, who kindly does the Greek transcripts and translations for the Edward Lear’s Diaries blog, e-mailed me about a short story by poet/writer/translator Theofilos D. Frangopoulos (1923 – 1998) about his cousin, Theofilos K. Frangopoulos, a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Wadi Tayibeh (1849)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Wadi Tayibeh. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil; inscribed lower left: Wady [sic] Tayibeh / 1 – past 4 P.M.., dated three times lower right: January 20. 1849.., and further inscribed with artist’s notes. 140 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View Near Monte Rotondo (1840)

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, View Near Monte Rotondo, Italy. Pencil, heightened with stump and white on blue paper; signed lower right: Edward Lear del. and inscribed lower left: near Monte Rotondo. May 26.1840. 150 by 350 mm. This fine drawing was once owned … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Dead Sea, Jordan

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, The Dead Sea, Jordan. Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white; signed with the artist’s monogram lower right. 177 by 375 mm. Lear arrived in Jerusalem in March 1858, travelling on to Petra and then the Dead Sea, which he … Continue reading →

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