Tag Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear, Licenza, near Rome

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Licenza, near Rome. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour, 12 x 18cm (4 11/16 x 7 1/16in). Provenance With The Fine Art Society, Ltd., April 1963. Private collection, UK (acquired from the above by the grandfather of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Edward Lear, Coast between Amalfi and Positano (1839)

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coast between Amalfi and Positano. Dated 1839. Pencil drawing. 27 x 42cm. Signed. MutualArt. Pencil drawing heightened in white, ‘Coast between Amalfi and Positano’, signed and dated 1839 and titled, with The Fine Art Society label verso dated April 1969, … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Edward Lear, Parnassus (1849)

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Parnassus. Pen, ink, pencil and wash – “Parnassus, 12 April 1849, 11 A.M.” – Mount Parnassus from Near Thebes – a study of an extensive landscape, with figures, some on horseback, inscribed, dated and numbered 159, 11.25ins x … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Edward Lear, (Italian Landscapes) (1838)

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Landscape scene with figures in the foreground. Pen and ink, signed lower right ‘ E Leer’ and further inscribed ’15 March 1838′, 9 x 12cm  and another, landscape, pencil, pen and ink, unsigned, 9.5 x 12cm. The Saleroom.

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Edward Lear, From Monte St Angelo

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, From Monte St Angelo. Sepia ink and pencil with faint annotations, 8.5 x 15cm. The Saleroom.

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Edward Lear, Sketch of Monte Cima and Lake Lugano (?)

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sketch of Monte Cima and Lake Lugano. Signed, inscribed and dated ’11:15am/ Lake Lugano/ 18 August.1898, Monte Cima’ (lower left), annotated throughout. Pencil, pen and ink. 16.5 x 26cm (6 1/2 x 10 1/4in). Provenance Anon. sale, Bonhams, … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso (1848)

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso, 1848. Inscribed and dated ‘Monte Generoso/9.AM. August 2.1848’ (lower left), annotated  throughout. Watercolour over traces of pencil. 40.3 x 55.5cm (15 7/8 x 21 7/8in). Provenance Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 2 November 1995, lot 82. Bonhams.

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

W.S.’s Bosh Available Online

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Dough Harris informs me that the limerick book I discussed here, Bosh by W.S. (London: Bickers & Son, 1876) is now available online at Google Books. According to Bob Turveys’s The Secret Life of Limericks (2025, chapter 5) W.S. was “the … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear, Limerick | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Edward Lear, Canea, Crete (1864)

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Canea, Crete. Dated 17 April 1864 6.40 pm and titled lower left, watercolour and ink, 21.5 x 34.5 cm, frame 43 x 56 cm. Provenance Collection of Peter Roberts, purchased from Maurice Edward Dear, Southampton and label for … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Edward Lear, Voidomatis river, Zagori region, Epirus (1857)

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Voidomatis river, Zagori region, Epirus. 14 April 1857. Watercolour and ink on paper. MutualArt.

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment