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Peter Newell, A Matter of Direction

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Harper’s Round Table, vol. 18, 5 November 1896, p. 24.

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Peter Newell, The Minstrel

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Harper’s New Monthly, August 1894, p. 486.

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Peter Newell’s Portrait Autograph

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, Autograph Note Signed and with Original Sketch within a Second Signature. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Newell used similar signatures on the back covers of his books too. Heritage Auctions.

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A Peter Newell Sketch

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, Signed Original Pencil Sketch. 3.5 x 2 inches. Heritage Auctions.

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Peter Newell, A Hearty Laugh

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, A Hearty Laugh. Drawing on paper. 5 x 8 inches. Signed. Heritage Auctions.

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Peter Newell’s Solomon Asks a Question

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell’s original illustration for John Kendrick Bang’s The Pursuit of the House-Boat. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1896, opposite p. 10. Solomon (the Gandalf-looking old man witha crown) is asking: “What is all this got to do with … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell’s Fairyland

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, Fairyland. Oil on panel. 12 x 16 in. Signed lower right Heritage Auctions.  

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Edward Lear’s Picture Letters

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Haughton, Hugh. “Just Letters: Corresponding Poets.” In Letter Writing Among Poets: From William Wordsworth to Elizabeth Bishop. Ed. Jonathan Ellis. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015. 57-80. [Google Books]: Thinking of ‘snail mail’ brings to mind two pictorial letters from the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Representation of the Meteora Monasteries

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Della Dora, Veronica. “Ways of Seeing: The Making of a Holy Landscape of Rocks.” In Avril Maddrell, Veronica della Dora, Alessandro Scafi, Heather Walton. Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred. New York: Routledge, 2014. 45-66. [Google Books] pp. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, L’Aquila (1845)

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, L’Aquila, 1845. Black chalk, touches of pencil, wash, heightened with white, on light grey paper. Signed and dated 1845 lower left, inscribed Aquila lower left. 14 x 28 cm. (5 1/2 x 11 in), corners trimmed. Provenance: John Scandrett Harford (1787-1866); … Continue reading →

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