Tag Archives: Edward Lear

Repeated Nonsense: A Learesque Manuscript

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Ekaterina Shatalova (see here) sends the description of a manuscript copying several of Edward Lear’s limericks together with pictures; here they are: A rather delightful album of 15 original ink drawings repeating some of Lear’s limericks from Book of Nonsense. … Continue reading →

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More Summer Readings

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Lecercle, Jean-Jacques. “Le nonsense entre image et texte.” Image [&] Narrative 19.2 (2018): 51-60. [Largely devoted to Edward Lear’s limericks.] Lecercle, Jean-Jacques. “Bêtise du limerick.” Humoresques 42 (2015-2017): 63-74. [Humoresques. This is mentioned in the article above, I haven’t seen … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Val Montone

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Val Montone. Signed ‘E. Lear’ (lower left); signed and inscribed ‘Please write to me soon/Yours Affs/Edward Lear’ (on an old label attached to the reverse); bears inscription (on the reverse). Oil on canvas. 31 x 43.7cm (12 3/16 x 17 3/16in). Provenance Heber-Percy … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

The New York Times at last reviews Jenny Uglow’s Lear biography, Mr Lear: David Orr, There Once Was a Man Who Felt Lonely: A Biographer Considers Edward Lear’s Art and Its Sources. A few week ago Peter Byrne, a frequent commentator … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Akhridha (1848)

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Akhridha. Inscribed and dated ‘Akhridha/Sept.23./1848’ (lower left); numbered ‘(53)’ (lower right); variously annotated throughout. Pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white. 27.3 x 43.8cm (10 3/4 x 17 1/4in). Provenance Gilbert Davis Collection. Private collection, UK. Exhibited London, The Fine Art Society, Edward … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Premedi (1857)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Premedi. Pen, ink and watercolour. Inscribed and dated 17. April. 1857, in glazed gilt frame, 29cm x 49cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Albenga from the Railway (1880)

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Albenga from the Railway. Pen, pencil and brown ink with watercolour on paper, 13×7.5cm, framed and glazed. Provenance Christies May 1972 The Saleroom. “day was was sloping toward his western bower” is from the last stanza of Tennyson’s “Mariana” … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Roman Catholic Cemetery at Palaiopolis (1863)

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Roman Catholic Cemetery at Palaiopolis, Kaligoni, Santa Maura. Inscribed l.l.: R.C. cemetery Kaligoni; further inscribed, dated and numbered l.r.: Santa Maria 23 April 1863 5.30 pm / (68). Pen and brown ink and watercolour. 18 by 35cm., 7 by 13¾in. Provenance Martyn Geeff, London; … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Bay of Naples (1840)

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Bay of Naples, Italy. Inscribed, signed and dated l.r.: Napoli,/ Edward Lear/ 7.07.1840.- pencil heightened with white on blue paper. 17 by 24cm., 6¾ by 9½in. Sotheby’s.

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Edward Lear, Reapers at their Sultry Toil, Monte Gennaro, Italy

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Reapers at their Sultry Toil, Monte Gennaro, Italy. Inscribed ’40/and one, the reapers at their sultry toil’ (margin upper left); ‘Monte Gennaro.(Italy.)’ (margin upper right); indistinctly inscribed (margin lower left). Pencil, ink and wash. 35.6 x 54cm (14 x 21 … Continue reading →

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