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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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Edward Lear, Tivoli (1838)

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Tivoli. Pencil and monochrome wash. Inscribed and dated ‘Tivoli May 7th 1838’. Provenance The Acland family. Exhibited: Fry Gallery. 7×9.75 inches. Abbott and Holder.

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Edward Lear, Parnassus (1849)

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Parnassus. Pen, ink, pencil and wash – “Parnassus, 12 April 1849, 11 A.M.” Mount Parnassus from Near Thebes – a study of an extensive landscape, with figures, some on horseback, inscribed, dated and numbered 159, 11.25ins x 19ins, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Falla, near Strongili, Corfu (1862)

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Falla, near Strongili, Corfu. Inscribed lower left with the title in Greek and dated 4th May 1862 and numbered lower right: 49+2. Pen and brown ink over pencil on blue paper 21.5 by 44.5 cm., 8 ½ by … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Cheddar Cliffs, Somerset (1849)

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cheddar Cliffs, Somerset. Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Tcheddacliphs [sic] / Edward Lear. del. Aug. 25.1849.’ (lower right). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper 6 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (17.5 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ancient Gate of Alatri

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear’s lithograph of the Ancient Gate of Alatri from Views in Rome and Its Environs. In a coloured version, under Lear’s supervision? I’m finding more and more of these lithographs in colour, so perhaps the book was sold in different … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, One Willow over the river hung

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Tennyson (Alfred, Lord).- Lear (Edward) “One willow over the river hung… River Anio, Campagna di Roma”, lithograph on fine wove paper, image 165 x 255 mm (6 1/2 x 10 in), sheet 280 x 335 mm (11 x 13 1/4 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Near Mount Sinai (1849)

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Egypt; near Mount Sinai. Pencil, pen and ink. Inscribed and dated, ’21 January 1849 / 5 pm’. 12×19.75 inches. Abbott and Holder.

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Edward Lear, Hebron (1858)

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Hebron, figures and camels, the city beyond, c.1858. Signed ‘Edward Lear del.’ l.l., inscribed ‘Hebron’ l.r., pen and ink and watercolour heightened with white. 15.4 x 23cm. Provenance With Leger Galleries, London, by December 1982. Edward Lear travelled … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Young Boys Bathing, Pisa in the Distance (1861-1863)

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Young boys bathing, Pisa in the distance. Watercolour and bodycolour. Monogrammed and dated 1861 and 1863. 15 x 25cm. The Saleroom.

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