Tag Archives: illustration

Matchbox-Styled Book: The Limericks

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

A few weeks ago, kind Dough Harris sent me an extract from a book he recently acquired. Here is how he describes it: An interesting matchbox-styled booklet dropped through my letterbox today. Supposedly part of the ‘Safety [or Safest – … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell, Cover for the Sunday Magazine of the Sunday Record-Herald

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Marco Graziosi
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Peter Newell on George Washington

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

More Peter Newell silliness.

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Thurber on Lear’s Influence on his Work

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

THURBER MUSES ON HIS INFLUENCES. THURBER, JAMES. 1894-1961. Typed Letter Signed (“James Thurber”), to Angus Davidson who is preparing a biography on Edward Lear, 2 pp, 4to, n.p., July 7, 1937, toning to both leaves, both leaves laid down to … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell, Needledee and Needledum

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

When I published the other page with the same title I thought it was a one-shot, but it seems there was another, previous instalment in the March 1914 issue of The Ladies’ World. I do not own this so the scan … Continue reading →

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Five Early Imaginary Birds by Edward Lear

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

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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Peter Newell, Not He

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

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Peter Newell, Dolly Dot’s Visitor

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

The Delineator, February 1918, p. 33.

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Edward Lear, Waterlily

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Study of a Waterlily. Signed E. Lear (lr). Watercolor on paper. 5 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches. Provenance The Little Gallery, London Ellinor Newsom, sister of the artist Doyle.

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Two Essays and a Lecture

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Ekaterina Shatalova sent me two PDF file containing an interesting article on Edward Lear’s Russian illustrators and her Master’s thesis: Russian_Illustrators_of_Edward_Lear Illustrating Nonsense Lear and the Shock of the New Meanwhile, Robert Peck’s lecture on The Remarkable Nature of Edward … Continue reading →

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