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Edward Lear, Castel Giubileo (?)
Edward Lear, Castel Giubileo (?). Dated, Jan 7th 1845/brown ink, 21.5cm x 38cm. The Saleroom.
La taupe suspendue
Félix Bracquemond (Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres), Les Taupes, 1854. Etching; sixth state of seven. Sheet: 19 1/8 × 12 1/16 in. (48.6 × 30.7 cm) Plate: 10 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (27 × 19.4 cm). Inscribed in plate, lower right: … Continue reading
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Tagged botanies, Edward Lear, nonsense botanies, nonsense rhymes
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Two Edward Lear Pictures on eBay
Edward Lear, An Antique British Interior Sketch Signed E.L. Dated Jan 1st 1868. 6.75 x 5.55 inches the sheet. [I think I should know, but can’t remember what the object on the left is; can anyone remind me? Marco] eBay. … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, Black Mountain, Cephalonia
Edward Lear, Black Mountain, Cephalonia. Watercolor on wove paper, circa 1863. 260×360 mm; 10 1/4×14 1/4 inches. Initialed and titled in pencil, lower right recto, and annotated “4” in pencil, upper left recto. Provenance Private collection, Massachusetts. invaluable.
Edward Lear. Bedouin Soldiers on a Hillside
Edward Lear, Bedouin Soldiers Resting on a Hillside. Pen and brown ink on wove paper. 117×188 mm; 4 3/4×7 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower left recto. Provenance Private collection, Chicago. invaluable.
Edward Lear, Saint Moritz, Switzerland
Edward Lear, Saint Moritz, Switzerland, watercolour on grey paper, depicting a panoramic landscape, with a village nestling at the foot of a range of snow-topped mountains, trees in the foreground to the left, and clouds gathering overhead, annotated in brown ink … Continue reading
Edward Lear: Moment to Moment
The exhibition, Edward Lear: Moment to Moment, opening on 9 September, now has a web page where you can find more information. Co-curated by Matt Bevis and Jonathan Watkins at Ikon in Birmingham.
Per la Calabria selvaggia: 109 previously unpublished drawings by EDward Lear
Raffaele Gaetano, author of another interesting booklet on Edward Lear, Senza ombre di cerimonie. Sull’ospitalità nei «Diari di viaggio in Calabria» di Edward Lear, which by the way contains some of the recipes of the peculiar dishes offered to Lear … Continue reading
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Five Early Imaginary Birds by Edward Lear
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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