Tag Archives: Edward Lear

Edward Lear’s “Sicilian Giro”

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Giuliana Randazzo’s book contains a large collection of landscape pictures, often never before published, drawn by Edward Lear during his two Sicilian trips in 1842 and 1847. As far as I can see it is only available from amazon.it.

Posted in Edward Lear | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Letters to the Caetani Family (5)

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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

Letters to the Caetani Family (4)

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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

Letters to the Caetani Family (3)

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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

Edward Lear, View of the Castello Caetani and the hill-town of Sermoneta (1872)

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of the Castello Caetani and the hill-town of Sermoneta, Lazio, Italy. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear. del. 1872./(Feb 3. 1840)’ (lower left). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour. 6 1⁄2 x 10 … Continue reading →

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

Letters to the Caetani Family (2)

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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

Letters to the Caetani Family (1)

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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

Edward Lear, Philae (1854)

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Philae, Egypt, 1854. Pen and brown ink and watercolour. 294 by 492 mm. Mutualart.

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

Edward Lear, On the Nile, opposite El Ouasta (1867)

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, On the Nile, opposite El Ouasta, Egypt January 1867. Pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white; 62 by 206 mm. Mutualart.

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

Edward Lear, Flora (1831)

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Flora. Watercolour over pencil on paper; signed lower left: E Lear., dated lower right: 1831., inscribed with title lower centre. 264 by 212 mm. Provenance With Davis Galleries, New York; sale, London, Christie’s, 25 April 1995, lot 131, where acquired by … Continue reading →

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