Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, The Amphitheatre, Taormina (1842)

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, The Amphitheatre, Taormina, Sicily. Pencil and grey wash, heightened with white, on grey paper; inscribed lower left: Taormina; signed lower right: Edward Lear del.1842. 165 by 250 mm. Lear spent ten weeks exploring Sicily in the spring of 1842. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Santa Maria della Salute from across the Bacino, Venice. Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour; signed with monogram lower left. 115 by 175 mm. The present watercolour dates from Lear’s second trip to Venice in November 1865. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Porto Tre Scoglie (1862)

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Porto Tre Scoglie, Albania. Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour; signed with the artist’s monogram and dated lower left: 1862. 170 by 360 mm. Few foreigners visited Albania in the mid nineteenth century and Lear, who ventured there in 1848 … Continue reading →

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The Father of Nonsense

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Here is an interesting letter that was offered for sale at Bonhams in 2008; as far as I can see it is still available through AbeBooks sellers, which is where I got the small images: The letter reads: 8. Duchess … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Junction of Wadis (1849)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Junction of Wadis, Egypt. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil, on wove paper watermarked: Wick / 18; inscribed lower right: 20. “January”. 1849. 1849 [sic] / Junction of Wadys. [sic],  and further inscribed with artists … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ioannina (1856-1857)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Ioannina, Greece. Pen and brown ink with watercolour over traces of pencil; inscribed lower right in pen: Ἰωάννινα / Aug.. 1856 April 1857; and again in pencil: Aug 1856. Apr. 1857. 145 by 228 mm. Edward Lear travelled extensively … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Figures on Road, Tivoli Beyond (1839)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Figures on the Road, Tivoli Beyond. Pencil, heightened with white and touches of brown wash, on grey paper; signed lower right: Edward Lear / 1839; and inscribed lower left: Tivoli. 240 by 340 mm. In a letter to his … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Falla near Strongoli, Corfu (1862)

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Falla near Strongoli, Corfu. Pen and brown ink over pencil on blue paper; inscribed lower left with the title in Greek and dated: 4 May. 1862, numbered lower right: 49 + 2, and further inscribed with artist’s notes. 215 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Distant View of the Citadel, Corfu

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, A Distant View of the Citadel, Corfu. Watercolour over pencil, heightened with touches of bodycolour and gum arabic; signed lower right with the artist’s monogram and inscribed: Corfu. 285 by 450 mm. Lear was first introduced to Corfu, then … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Gebel Serbal (1849)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Gebel Serbal from above Wadi Useit, Egypt. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil; inscribed lower right: Gebal [sic] Serbal / from above Wady [sic] Useit / 20. January. 1849. 2. P.M.., and further inscribed … Continue reading →

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