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Edward Lear, Landscape near Tivoli (1840)

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Landscape near Tivoli (Lunghezza). Pencil, inscribed and dated 8th of May 1840, 8.5″ x 16″, Provenance: Agnew’s Exhibition and Abbot and Holder. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile (1871)

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile. Signed with initials lower left; inscribed Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile on the overlap; inscribed, signed and dated Bab el Kalabshe. on the Nile / Edward Lear / 1871 on a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Gorge at Suk Wady Barada, Lebanon (1858)

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Gorge at Suk Wady Barada, Lebanon. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil, on grey paper; inscribed, lower right: Suk Wady Barada / 25 May 1858 / (215), and further inscribed with colour notes. 365 by 525 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Wastwater, Lake District, England (1837)

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Wastwater, Lake District, England. Watercolour over pencil; signed and dated lower right: E Lear del 1837, inscribed lower left: Wastwater. 172 by 253 mm. Provenance With Manning Galleries, London, by 1970. Sotheby’s.

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Edward Lear, Valdoniello, Corsica

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Valdoniello, corsica. Signed with monogram (lower left). Pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper. 4 ¾ x 7 ¼ in. (12 x 18.5 cm.) Provenance with The Fine Art Society, London, April 1963. with Abbott & Holder, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Castel San Niceto, Calabria

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Castel San Niceto, Calabria. Signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed ‘Castel San Nocito’ [sic] (lower left). Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper. 4 ¾ x 7 ¼ in. (12 x 18.5 cm.) Provenance with The … Continue reading →

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Two Paintings of the Campagna by Edward Lear

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Campagna di Roma taken from Cervara. Signed with monogram (lower left); signed, inscribed and dated ‘The Campagna di Roma taken from… of Cervara,/looking East to the Sabine Hills/Painted from drawings made on the spot in 1859, 1860; … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Colonus (1849)

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Colonus. Signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘April 8/49’. Pen ink and watercolour on tinted paper. 8 ¾ x 13 ½ inches. Colonus (or Kolonos) was once an aristocratic municipality of ancient Attica, and is now a working-class … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Camels Resting near Suez (1849)

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Camels Resting near Suez. Inscribed ‘204’, ‘near Suez’, ‘1. Woolly – fawn colour’ and ‘2. Dowager – pale cream’, and dated ‘Feby 5 1849. 3-4 pm’. Pen and ink. 4 x 10 inches. Provenance Andrew McIntosh Patrick; Luke … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Corpo di Cava & Vietri sul mare (1838)

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

We missed these nice pictures, early experiments in oil on paper by Lear, when preparing the Amalfi catalogue. Edward Lear, Corpo di Cava. Inscribed ‘Corpo di Cava’ and dated ’25 July 1838′. Pencil drawing of mother and child on reverse. … Continue reading →

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