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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Edward Lear’s The Little Mouse: An Unpublished Poem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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Matticchiate: Il Pandalone

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Il Sole 24 ore, 6 November 2016.

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Matticchiate: Il tasso Torquato

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Il Sole 24 ore, 11 Decembere 2016.

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Matticchiate: Il Klownala

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Form Il Sole 24 ore, 19 March 2017.

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Edward Lear Letters under the Hammer

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Several letters by Edward Lear were auctioned last September at Forum Auctions. I would be interested in knowing where they ended up, especially the two containing nonsense and pictures. One from 1848 to Charles Church on their travels in Greece … Continue reading →

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Two Bird Drawings by Edward Lear

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Bonhams have added two drawings, both dated April 1846, to the lot in the previous post: [Two Mallards.] E. Lear. del. apl. 15. 1846. [A Black Swan.] E. Lear. del. April. 17. 1846.

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Ye Owly=Pussey=catte

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

The items below are for sale at Bonhams at impossible prices (as usual). I find it highly unlikely that the picture of the Owly=Pussey=catte can be dated 1846 like some of the others in the lot: for one thing Edward … Continue reading →

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The First Terror of the Tiny Tads

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

First instalment of Gustave Verbeek’s Terrors of the Tiny Tads, May 28, 1905. On Verbeek here and at nonsenselit.org. From Peter Maresca’s Origin of Sunday Comics series.

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