Tag Archives: Italy

Edward Lear, San Buci (1840)

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, San Buci, near Rome (Sambuci?). Pencil on grey-brown paper, laid onto card, title and date ‘9 July 1840’ to lower right in pencil, pencil note to lower left ‘Ivy’, small loss at left lower corner, slight overall toning, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Isola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore (1837?)

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Isola Pescatore, Lake Maggiore. Pencil with White chalk on blue paper. 9 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ sheet, 21 1/2″ x 25 1/2″ framed. After 1837, Lear lived mainly in Italy and Corfu. On 31 October 1836 he wrote … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Campagna di Roma, via Nomentana

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Campagna di Roma, Via Nomentana. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour, 11 x 20.5cm (4 5/16 x 8 1/16in). Provenance With Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. Private collection, UK (acquired by the grandfather of the present owner). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Licenza, near Rome

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Licenza, near Rome. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour, 12 x 18cm (4 11/16 x 7 1/16in). Provenance With The Fine Art Society, Ltd., April 1963. Private collection, UK (acquired from the above by the grandfather of the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Coast between Amalfi and Positano (1839)

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coast between Amalfi and Positano. Dated 1839. Pencil drawing. 27 x 42cm. Signed. MutualArt. Pencil drawing heightened in white, ‘Coast between Amalfi and Positano’, signed and dated 1839 and titled, with The Fine Art Society label verso dated April 1969, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, (Italian Landscapes) (1838)

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Landscape scene with figures in the foreground. Pen and ink, signed lower right ‘ E Leer’ and further inscribed ’15 March 1838′, 9 x 12cm  and another, landscape, pencil, pen and ink, unsigned, 9.5 x 12cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, From Monte St Angelo

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, From Monte St Angelo. Sepia ink and pencil with faint annotations, 8.5 x 15cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Monte Generoso (1848)

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso, 1848. Inscribed and dated ‘Monte Generoso/9.AM. August 2.1848’ (lower left), annotated  throughout. Watercolour over traces of pencil. 40.3 x 55.5cm (15 7/8 x 21 7/8in). Provenance Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 2 November 1995, lot 82. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Amalfi: Still Life (1838)

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Rustic Still Life. Inscribed ‘Amalfi’ and dated ‘July.11.1838’. Watercolour with oil and pencil. 5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches. Exhibited ‘Chris Beetles Summer Show’, 2021, No 25. Early in 1837, a group of subscribers, led by the Earl … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A Rest on the Way to Pisa (1861-1863)

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A rest on the way to Pisa. Signed with monogram and dated 1861 and 1863. Watercolour with bodycolour. 6 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches. Literature Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear 1812-1888, London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1985, pages 126-127, … Continue reading →

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