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Edward Lear in Public Collections & How Many Drawings Were There (Updated versions)

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Stephen Duckworth has kindly sent me updated versions of his two essays: Edward Lear Works in Public Collections and in Other Collections Open to the Public (written with Rowena Fowler), and Edward Lear’s Landscape Drawings: How Many Were There? We … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Five Views in County Wicklow (1835)

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Five views in County Wicklow: The Great and Little Sugarloafs; The Great and Little Sugarloafs, from The Scalp; Figures beside trees, probably in the Powerscourt Demesne; Loch Tay looking north; and Bray, with the Little Sugarloaf in the … Continue reading →

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Readings (and a request for help)

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Jusat a few short pieces and a thesis: Sara Lodge, The Limerick Man: Edward Lear in Iraland, The Irish Times, 22 June 2019. Matthew Bevis, On Rationality and Nonsense, iainews.com, 19 June 2019. Relative Clauses in EDward Lear’s Complete Nonsense … Continue reading →

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No More Ads

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

I knew WordPress reserved the right to add a few adverts to the pages it hosted for free, but only realised how intrusive they were when I happened to look at the site on my son’s mobile — ads are … Continue reading →

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New to Read on Edward Lear

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Pereira, Conceição. “Edward Lear ao voo do pássaro.” Forma de vida 12 (2018). Makins, Marian W. “Latin, Greek, and Other Classical ‘Nonsense’ in the Work of Edward Lear.” Classical Reception and Children’s Literature: Greece, Rome and Childhood Transformation. Eds. Hodkinson, Owen … Continue reading →

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A Little More to Read on Edward Lear

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Cara Giaimo on Edward Lear as “a Teenage Parrot-Painting Prodigy” from Atlas Obscura. And Matthew Bevis’s long review of Jenny Uglow’s Mr Lear for the London Review of Books, vol. 39, no. 24 (only available to subscribers, unfortunately). I have also found out that many … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Letter to Mrs Ford

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

5 Stratford Place. 30 June 1865 Dear Mrs. Ford, I send you 2 photographs for your collection; — one, (the most professional,) was done this winter: the other — (the head,) — some time back: it is said by my … Continue reading →

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Two on Edward Lear

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

A review of Robert Peck’s new book on Edward Lear’s natural history drawings, from last Saturday’s Wall Street Journal: John Cremona, “Edward Lear in Gozo in 1866,” The Gozo Observer – Issue 33, Winter 2016 (pdf download). Also of interest, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Buon Ricovero & Villa Cesia (1843)

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Buon Ricovero, 1843; Villa Caesia, 184[?]3. A pair, watercolour, heightened with white, on light blue paper. Both signed lower right, inscribed and dated Buon Ricovers, 1843, and Villa Caesia, 184 [?]3 , respectively. 8 x 14 cm. (3 1/8 x … Continue reading →

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2015 in review

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 29,000 times in 2015. If it were a … Continue reading →

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