Tag Archives: Italy

Edward Lear, Civitella di Subiaco

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Another picture from Edward Lear’s projected set of Tennyson illustrations which was also realized as a watercolour: “Morn broaden’d on the borders of the dark,” from Tennyson’s A Dream of Fair Women (from Ruth Pitman’s Edwawrd lear’s Tennyson, p. 101). A colour … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Pentedatelo

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

LEAR Edward,‘Pentedatelo’ (sic. Pentedattilo), Calabria. Ink and watercolour. Signed and inscribed. Lear’s Diary (30th July 1847) ‘ … the wild crags of Pentedatelo particularly arrested our attention…’ A sketch for the ill.opp.p.190, ‘Pentedatilo’, ‘Journals of a landscape painter in Southern … 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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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, 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, Pentedattilo

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Pentedattilo, Calabria. Signed with monogram (lower right); inscribed ‘Pentedatilo’ (lower left). Watercolour . 9.8 x 19.7cm (3 7/8 x 7 3/4in). Provenance Private collection UK. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Convent near Soracte (1843)

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Convent near Soracte. Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1843 l.l., pencil heightened with white on grey paper 9 x 17cm Provenance: With Abbott & Holder, London. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Mt. Etna from near Carlentini (1852)

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mt. Etna from near Carlentini. Pen and ink, signed, titled and dated 1852, 23cm x 28.5cm. The Saleroom.

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Thomas Uwins, A Hop Picker at Farnham

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Thomas Uwins (NOT Unwins) was James Uwins’s uncle: the latter, probably on the recommendation of his relative, travelled with Edward Lear to Naples, Amalfi and finally to La Cava. In addition to the introduction on Lear, I wrote a short … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monte Generoso (1879)

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso. Pen and brown ink, inscribed and dated 1879, 25cm x 52cm. Illustrated. The Saleroom. With thanks to Stephen Duckworth.

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