Tag Archives: Edward Lear

An Unpublished Early Picture by Edward Lear

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

I am by nature a collector, but I can’t say I really care about having originals or first editions: I like having everything produced by Edward Lear, for example, but late editions of his books are all right with me, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Bicentenary: A Request

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Less than a year now before Edward Lear’s 200th birthday. I forgot to post about his birthday this year, but Lear himself did not mention it in his diary for 12 May, he was probably still too depressed after Ann’s … Continue reading →

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The Earliest Recording of The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

The Library of Congress has just launched a new site, National Jukebox, which makes historical recordings available. Among the many jewels is also the Haydn Quartet version of “The Owl and the Pussy-cat.” In a previous post, I had dated … Continue reading →

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Vivien Noakes: More Obituaries

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

The Telegraph published a long article on 11 March: it contains a view of Edward Lear I do not think Vivien would have shared. Below is the text of the Times’ obituary, which Charles Lewsen has kindly sent me: Vivien … Continue reading →

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New Articles on Edward Lear

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

I have recently added two articles on Edward Lear to the Studies on EL page, and they are both freely available: Ponterotto, Diane. “Rule-Breaking and Meaning-Making in Edward Lear.” Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses 6 (1993): 153-61. Waltrick do Amarante, … Continue reading →

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More Edward Lear Auctions

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

At Belgravia Auction Gallery, with an estimate of €8,000-12,000, Selmun Palace: At Christie’s, for a lousy £1,500-2,000, you can get Lucknow, pen and ink, “signed with monogram and inscribed ’42, Lucknow 8pm.’”

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A Hidden Drawing and a Self-Caricature by Edward Lear

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

At the end of the month Bonhams will be auctioning three interesting items of leariana. The most surprising is perhaps a letter to Mrs. Digby Wyatt, wife of Matthew Digby Wyatt, “a British architect  and art historian who became Secretary … Continue reading →

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Vivien Noakes Obituaries

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Read the Guardian obituary online. The Times also had a full page on 4 March, but it is available only to subscribers: here is the link, just in case. Above is a 1995 portrait of Vivien by her husband Michael.

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Blessed Be Nonsense!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

NONSENSE Blessed be nonsense! And blessed be he who invented it! But who was he? Was he pliocene or miocene? Were little Tubal Cain and his sister Naamah sung to sleep by anything deliciously silly? Did anybody draw funny caricatures … Continue reading →

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Mccoola’s Limerick Illustrations

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Marika Mccoola’s portfolio on CMYK includes several beautiful illustrations for limericks by Edward Lear.

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