Category Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, View of Tivoli

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Tivoli. Indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘Tivoli May 7 …183.'(lower left). Pencil and grey wash heightened with white on light grey paper. 7 1/8 x 10 in. (18.2 x 25.4 cm.). With financial backing from Lord Derby, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Jerusalem, A View from the South

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Jerusalem; a view from the South looking towards the Dome of the Rock. Signed with monogram (lower right). Pencil and watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white. 6 3/8 x 10¼ in. (16.2 x 26 cm.). Lear first … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monaco (1865)

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Monaco. Signed with monogram (lower left). Pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour. 4 1/8 x 8 in. (10.5 x 23 cm.). The present work is drawn from Cap D’Ail, in 1865 and looks towards the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Thermopylae, 30 June 1848

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Thermopylae, 30 June 1848. Pen and brown and blue ink with watercolour over pencil, heightened with white on grey paper; inscribed lower right: 102 / Thermopylae / 30 June 1848; further inscribed with artist’s notes. 175 by 28 mm. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Perugia, 7 September 1883

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Perugia, Italy. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil; inscribed lower right: near / Perugia / 7. September 1883 / 7.AM.; further inscribed with artist’s notes. 325 by 505 mm. Lear drew this large pen and ink study during … Continue reading →

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Captain Beechey’s Zoology and Illustrated Excursions in Italy

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

I periodically search a few online databases for new material relating to Edward Lear, and today’s search proved rather interesting, so here is something to look at while you are waiting for the return of Edward Lear’s Diaries, due to … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Letters in Italian 2: 22 March 1845 to A.M. Ricci

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

This is the second surviving letter Edward Lear wrote to Angelo Maria Ricci, again mentioning a mysterious project to illustrate the seventh book of the Aeneid, which was never completed, and which ― from the tone of the letter ― Lear himself seems … Continue reading →

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More on Edward Lear’s Aeneid Project

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In the letter to Angelo Maria Ricci I posted a few days ago Edward Lear refers to problems with his eyesight. Stephen Duckworth kindly e-mailed me about this: I’ve just checked my list of (some of) his drawings by year … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, An Album of Indian Watercolours

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Indian Trees, Palms and Bamboos. An album of original watercolour drawings. Sold at Sotheby’s, London, 14 May 2013: Folio (484 x 300mm.), 19 original watercolour drawings, one of a Jay dated 1864, the others of various species of Indian … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Corfu, 10 May 1862

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

A landscape in Corfu with two figures sitting on a hillside. Numbered, inscribed in Greek and dated ’10. May. 1862 (76)’ (lower right) and further inscribed in Greek and with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened … Continue reading →

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