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Edward Lear, Monte Soratte near Rome

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Soratte near Rome, Italy. Signed twice with monogram and indistinctly dated ’18[?]’ (lower right) and inscribed and numbered ‘6 SORACTE. [sic.]/Brock.6. Corso d’Italia Rome.’ (on the stretcher). Oil on canvas. 9 ½ x 18 ½ in. (24.1 … Continue reading →

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Two Italian Pictures by Edward Lear

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

As part of London Art Week, Karen Taylor is organizing an exhibition that will include, together with seral other interesting Italian landscapes, two Lears I have not yet posted here. Edward Lear, Tivoli. Inscribed and dated l.l.:  Tivoli May 7 …1838, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Capri from Massa (three stages, 1838-1840)

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Near Massa. First sketch, 22 August 1838. Edward Lear, Capri from near Massa. Second version, 1839. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear del 1839’ (lower right) and titled (lower left). Pencil, charcoal and watercolour. 43.2 x 26.7cm (17 x 10 1/2in). This … Continue reading →

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Civitella Gazette

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

BM 1975,0920.13. ©Trustees of the British Museum Penry Williams, “Civitella Gazette”, view of the Serpentara; a group of artists, including Samuel and Hannah Palmer and Albin Martin, sketching in a landscape. 1839 Pen and brown ink. “Mr. Lear” is the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Cervo, Imperia, Italy (1882)

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cervo, Imperia, Italy. Signed with monogram and dated ‘1882’ (lower right) and inscribed and dated ‘Cérvo./ 27 Decbr. 1881′ (lower left). Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour. 10 7/8 x 21 in. (27.7 x 53.4 cm.) Provenance Francis … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Lago di Nemi

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Lago di Nemi. Pencil. Inscribed with colour notes by the artist. Exhibited Agnews. Abbot and Holder.

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Midsummer Readings

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Jagger, Jasmine. “Lear’s Tears.” Victorian Poetry 57.1 (2019). 101-129. And: Jagger, Jasmine. “The Endlessness of Alice.” The Cambridge Quarterly 45.1 (2016). 91-97. Caniglia, Maria Rossana, and Maria Concetta Fiorillo. “Disegno e narrazione in alcune vedute calabresi di Edward Lear.” ArcHistoR EXTRA … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Two Pictures of Monte Generoso (1881-82)

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Generoso – a “Bella Vista.” Inscribed with title and dated l.l.: 5.30 pm/9 Sept 1881. Pen and sepia ink, 10 by 17 cm. Harry Moore-Gwyn. Edward Lear, Monte Generoso. Inscribed and dated in ink l.r.: M.Generoso/5 pm/15 July 1882and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Castle with a Waterfall

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Castle by a waterfall with a mountain beyond. Heightened watercolour and black chalk, mounted unframed, 11.5cm x 7.5cm. Provenance Christie’s 6/12/2008 lot 181. The Saleroom.

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New Bibliography

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Dubois, Martin. “Edward Lear’s India and the Colonial Production of Nonsense.” Victorian Studies 61.1 (2018): 35-59. Williams, James. “The Whole Situation.” Cambridge Quarterly 47.4 (2018). 387-394. (A review of Uglow’s Mr Lear). Rizal, Sarif Syamsu. “Actantial Models in the owl … Continue reading →

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