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Edward Lear’s First Impressions of Malta (an unpublished letter)

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

[This previously unpublished letter to his elder sister Ann tells of Edward Lear’s leaving Italy because of the 1848 insurrections; he was on his way to Corfu, where he had been invited by G.F. Bowen. It also contains Lear’s first … Continue reading →

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An 1852 Review of “Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria”

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, &c. By Edward Lear, Author of “Journals of a Lnadscape Painter in Albania,” &c. ―London: Bentley, 1852. This splendidly got up volume contains a simple but lively and graphic narrative of a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Florence from Villa Petraja (1861)

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Florence from Villa Petraja. Signed with monogram and dated EL /1861 at lower left. Oil on canvas. 
47 x 75.5 cm (18 ½ x 29 ¾ in.). ‘At present I am at work ferociously on the … Continue reading →

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Lear Drawings at King’s School, Canterbury

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

[In 2012, the King’s School in Canterbury held a bicentenary exhibition of its holdings of Edward Lear watercolours, part of an album of drawings donated by Hugh Walpole in 1938. Most of these works had already been presented by Charles … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Venice (1865)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Venice. Inscribed ’18th 7 20. Nov. 1865. 3.30′. Watercolour over pencil. 29.5 x 49 cm. (11 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.) The present watercolour dates from Lear’s second trip to Venice in November 1865. He first visited the city … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of the Roman Campagna

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of the Roman Campagna and the Alexandrine Aqueduct. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour heightened with white. 17.8 x 38.1cm (7 x 15in). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Campagna di Roma

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cervera, on the Roman Campagna. Signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed ‘CAMPAGNA DI ROMA’ (lower left). Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and gum arabic. 10.1 x 20.3cm (4 x 8in). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Val Montone, Near Tivoli, 1840

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Val Montone, near Tivoli. Inscribed and dated ‘8th May, 1840’ (lower left). Pencil. 8 ½ x 16 ¼ in. (21.6 x 41.3 cm.). Christie’s.

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Edward Lear, Near Massa, 1838

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Near Massa, Capri in the distance. Inscribed and dated ‘Near Massa, 22 August/1838’ (lower left) and with extensive colour notes throughout. Pencil on buff paper. 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 25.5 cm.) Christie’s.

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Edward Lear, View of Florence (1861)

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, View of Florence from Villa Petraja. Signed with monogram and dated ‘EL /1861’ (lower left). Oil on canvas. 18 ½ x 29 ¾ in. (47 x 75.5 cm.) ‘At present I am at work ferociously on the Petraja … Continue reading →

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