Tag Archives: Corfu

Edward Lear, Olive trees, Corfu (11857)

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Olive trees, Corfu. Signed with monogram and inscribed and dated ‘Corfu / December / 17 / 1857’ (lower left); signed inscribed and dated ‘E Lear Corfu December 17 1857’ (lower right). Oil on board. 17 3⁄4 x 21 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, An Olive Grove, Corfu, a sailing boat to the right (1857)

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Olive Grove, Corfu, a sailing boat to the right. Inscribed and dated ‘Corfu / December 22 / 1857’ (lower left); Inscribed and dated ‘Corfu December 22 1857’ (lower right); and further inscribed and dated ‘1857 / H. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Castel Sant’Angelo, Corfu (1863)

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A distant view of the Castel Sant’ Angelo, Corfú, 1863. Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour. 6 ½ x 10 1/8 in. (16.5 x 25.8 cm.) MutualArt. Christie’s.

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Edward Lear, Corfu from Viros (1862)

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A distant view of Corfu from Viros, 1862. Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour. 7 x 9 7/8 in. (17.5 x 25 cm.) Christie’s.

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Edward Lear, Falla, near Strongili, Corfu (1862)

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Falla, near Strongili, Corfu. Inscribed lower left with the title in Greek and dated 4th May 1862 and numbered lower right: 49+2. Pen and brown ink over pencil on blue paper 21.5 by 44.5 cm., 8 ½ by … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Corfu

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Corfu. inscribed ‘Corfu’ (lower left). Watercolour on paper. 12 x 20.5cm (4 3/4 x 8 1/16in) Provenance The Parker Gallery, London. Acquired from the above gallery by the present owner, c. 1971-75. Bonhams.

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An Edward Lear Unpublished Alphabet

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

The alphabet had already been sold at a Christie’s auction in New York in 2005; it was made by Edward Lear between 27 February and 1 March 1858 for Ida Nea Shakespear (also see 2 March). Sotheby’s catalogue entry for the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of the Citadel, Corfu

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of the Citadel, Corfu, with an orange grove in the foreground. Signed ‘E. Lear’ (lower right). Oil on canvas. 19 x 30 in. (48.3 x 76.2 cm.) Lear first visited Corfu in 1848. He returned in the winter of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Corfu (1856)

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Corfu. Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Corfu/ELear./1856′ (lower right). Oil on canvas. 26.5 x 49.5cm (10 7/16 x 19 1/2in). The present lot shows a distant view of the citadel at Corfu, with the Albanian mountains beyond. Painted from a high … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in Gozo

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

A new essay on Edward Lear has been added to the bibliography: Tabone, Joseph Attard. “Edward Lear in Gozo, March 1866.” Every Traveller Needs a Compass: Travel and Collecting in Egypt and the Near East. Eds. Cooke, Neil and Vanessa … Continue reading →

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