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Tag Archives: Italy
Edward Lear, Abetone (1883)
Edward Lear, Abetone. Ink, pencil and watercolour – Passo di Abetone, Italy, annotated and dated ‘7.30. pm, August 28, 1883’, titled verso on gallery label, 9.5 x 17cms. Provenance With Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., no. 146, English Exhibition, 1973; private … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto, Rome
Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto, Rome. Watercolour, Indistinctly inscribed, and inscribed verso (now framed) 5.5″ x 9″ (14 x 22.8cm). I already posted this image, but it looks better here. The Saleroom.
The Abbey of Santo Spirito at Sulmona (1844)
Edward Lear, The Abbey of Santo Spirito at Sulmona. Signed lower right ‘E. Lear del. 1844’ and inscribed lower left ‘Abbadia di S. Spirito.’ Black chalk, pencil and stump heightened with white on buff paper 8.5 x 15cm Provenance John … Continue reading
Edward Lear, View of Cogoleto (1864)
Edward Lear, View of Cogoleto, Italy. Inscribed and dated High wind & cold/Cogoletto [sic]/3.30pm/24 Dec 1864 (lower left), numbered (82) (lower right), and further inscribed elsewhere with colour notes. Pen and brown ink, and watercolour. 36.7 x 54.6cm; 14½ x 21½in … Continue reading
Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio (1864)
Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio, Italy. Dated and inscribed Porto Maurizio/9 AM/29 December 1864 (lower left), numbered (114) (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes. Pen and ink, and watercolour, heightened with white. 32.9 x 49cm; 13 x … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Ravenna (1867)
Edward Lear, Ravenna. Watercolour sketch, ‘Ravenna 10.30 AM May 5 1867’, marked in pencil verso. 16.4cm x 24.9cm. Lear is known to have done another, almost from the same spot (different light), which was sold at Bonhams lot 71 on … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Ravello (1844)
Edward Lear, ‘Ravello, 9 June 1844’. Pen and ink, 16 x 12cm, mounted but unframed. Lear was in the area on Ravello on this date, evidenced by other works from June 1844 including pen sketch of Amalfi inscribed and dated … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Albenga from the Railway(1880)
Edward Lear, Albenga From the Railway. Inscribed with colour notes and dated: 6 Sep 1880/ 6.40 pm and with the lines from Tennyson “The day was sloping towards his western bower.” Pen and sepia ink with pencil and touches of … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Tor de’ Schiavi, Campagna de Roma
Edward Lear, Tor de’Schiavi, Campagna di Roma. Signed with monogram (lower left). Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and with scratching out. 7 x 14 ¾ in. (17.8 x 37.5 cm.) Provenance The artist, by whom given to Chichester Fortescue, … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Bellagio, Lago di Como (1867)
Edward Lear, Bellagio, Lago di Como. Inscribed and dated ‘Lago di Como. Bellagio./ 6.AM. 27th. & 5.PM. 26th May. 1867./ Pinewood very dark. Stems red gray.’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(170)’ (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes. … Continue reading