Edward Lear, Coast of Crete, looking towards the village of Perivolia and Mount Ida (Psilortis), 1864

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coast of Crete, looking towards the village of Perivolia and Mount Ida (Psilortis), 1864.
With inscriptions and notes (lower left and right). Pen & ink. 27 x 6.5 cm (10 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

The work is inscribed primarily in Greek and dated; ‘Psilortis and Perivolia from the house of Mr Constantine Kalokarinos, in Rethimo, 8 May 1864, 6pm’ (lower).

Provenance
Thomas Agnew & Sons
Moore-Gywn Fine Art, British Pictures, Allen Street, London

Exhibited
Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear 1812 – 1888. Royal Accadmey, exh cat 1995 section 25

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Edward Lear, A view across Kozhikode (Calicut), Malabar, India

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A view across Kozhikode (Calicut), Malabar, India.
Inscribed ‘near Calikut’ (lower left). Watercolour. 10.1 x 19.3cm (4 x 7 5/8in).

Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Two Peacocks

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Two Peacocks.
Watercolour on paper. 6 3/4″ x 9″ sheet, 17 3/4″ x 15 3/4″

MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Agia Paraskevi (1857)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Agia Paraskevi.
Watercolor over traces of pencil on paper. 13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (34.9 x 49.5 cm.)

MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Amalfi (1844)

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Amalfi.
Inscribed and dated ‘Amalfihi/8. June. 1844’ (lower right). Pen and ink over traces of pencil. 48 x 34.5cm (18 7/8 x 13 9/16in).

Provenance
Ex collection of art critic Nicolas Powell (1920-1986).
Private collection, UK (thence by descent).

Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Cannes

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cannes.
Inscribed ‘the day/was sloping toward his western bower (Mariana) Cannes/France’ (on part of the original mount, affixed to the reverse). Grey wash over pencil. 10 x 15cm (3 15/16 x 5 7/8in).

Provenance
With Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London.
The Ralph Richardson Collection sale, Sotheby’s, London, 27 April 2001, lot 298.
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited
London, Thomas Agnew & Sons Limited, 108th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 19th January – 20th February 1981.

The inscription on the reverse is taken from the last verse of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem Mariana (VII, lines 79-80).

Bonhams.

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Charles Knight / Edward Lear, Civita Castellana (1843)

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Charles Knight / Edward Lear, Civita Castellana.
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Civita Castellana/Edward Lear del July.20.1843.’ (lower left); Signed and inscribed ‘C.Allanton Knight/from E Lear’ (lower right). Pen and ink with brown wash over traces of pencil, heightened with white. 16.8 x 25.5cm (6 5/8 x 10 1/16in).

Edward Lear met Charles Allanton Knight and his family when he arrived in Rome in 1837, Knight became a friend and patron of the artist. In 1842, the two friends went on a tour of the Abruzzi while Lear was working on Illustrated Excursions in Italy, published by T. McLean in 1846.

Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie’s, London, 20 November 2003, lot 129.
Private collection, UK

Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Bay of Samos, Cephalonia (1863)

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bay of Samos, Cephalonia.
Inscribed and dated ‘Bay of Samos/Cephalonia 2:30pm/3rd May 1863. 2.30pm/124’ (lower right). Watercolour and ink over traces of pencil. 11 x 27cm (4 5/16 x 10 5/8in).

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Edward Lear, Erbalunga, Corsica

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Erbalunga, Corsica.
Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour over traces of pencil. 27.5 x 45.5cm (10 13/16 x 17 15/16in).

Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 21 March 2001, lot 243.
Private collection, UK.

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Edward Lear, The Ear of Dionysus (1842)

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Ear of Dionysus.
Black chalk heightened with white on grey paper, 230×310 mm. On the recto, lower left, black chalk: “Edward Lear. del. 1842. June”; lower right, black chalk: “Ear of Dionysus. Syracusa”

Pandolfini.

 

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