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Edward Lear, Flora (1831)

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Flora. Watercolour over pencil on paper; signed lower left: E Lear., dated lower right: 1831., inscribed with title lower centre. 264 by 212 mm. Provenance With Davis Galleries, New York; sale, London, Christie’s, 25 April 1995, lot 131, where acquired by … Continue reading →

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Five Early Imaginary Birds by Edward Lear

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

The five examples of Edward Lear’s imaginary bird pictures in this sale (lots 245-249) are early instances of his work, which Robert McCracken Peck has dated to 1827-1830. They are typical of the Lear’s work during this period, in which … Continue reading →

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A New Looloo

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

One of Helen Stilwell’s Looloos, part of a series publshed in the New York World Sunday Magazine in 1906. This one appears to have been a postcard. For more information and several other examples, see here and in the Nonsense in … Continue reading →

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Unnatural History Lessons for Young People and Prize Fighters

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Almost six years ago I posted the central part of an invented-animal alphabet published in the New York Journal in 1908. Allan Holtz of Stripper’s Guide (read his post, in which he identifies the author, Bob Addams, and links to more … Continue reading →

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A Parallelebiped

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

From Il Sole 24 ore, Sunday 10 February 2019.

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The Fizzgiggious Fish’s Ancestor

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

British Library, Harley MS 624: From Edward Lear, More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes Botany &c. (1872), “Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures:” The fizzgiggious Fish, who always walked about upon Stilts, because he had no legs.

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Edward Lear, Congo Finches

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Congo Finches, Africa. Pencil sketch,  heightened with watercolour, on paper. Signed, 235 x 189mm., [c.1825-30]. Bonhams.

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Another Edward Lear Letter to Mrs Hankey

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear:  Autograph letter addressed to Mrs. Hankey, from Rendcomb Park, Cirencester, dated Sept. 1, 1872, 3pp. 8vo., written at speed in his characteristic hand, linking many of the words, concerning commissions for drawings, his movements and an account of a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s The Little Mouse: An Unpublished Poem

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

This poem does not appear in The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense; Vivien Noakes mentioned it in a note to “The Uncareful Cow, who walked about” on p. 515, but obviously considered this sketch too rough to be published, and she was probably right, as … Continue reading →

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Il seseseserpente

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Il Sole 24 ore, 5 March 2017.

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