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Edward Lear, View of Ithaca

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Ithaca. Inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Ithaca./ 27.April. 4.30.P.M. 1863. (83)’ (lower right) and further annotated in Greek with key of names of the other Ionian Islands. Pencil, pen and brown and grey ink and watercolour. 9 1/8 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Monastery of Konstatmonitou, Mount Athos

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Monastery of Konstatmonitou, Mount Athos. inscribed in English and Greek and dated ’16.Sept.1856′ and further inscribed in Greek (lower left) and with colour notes throughout. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 13 5/8 x 19 ¼ in. (34.6 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Monastery of Koutloumousiou, Mount Athos

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Monastery of Koutloumousiou, Mount Athos. signed with monogram, indistinctly inscribed in Greek and dated ‘Sept.1.1856.’ (lower right) and dated again ‘1.Sept’ (lower left, in pencil). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 9 1/8 x 12 ½ in. (23.1 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Rome

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Rome. Variously inscribed and annotated. Pencil on paper. 27 x 42cm (10 5/8 x 16 9/16in). Provenance Ex collection of art critic Nicolas Powell (1920-1986). Private collection, UK (thence by descent). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Amalfi (1844)

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Amalfi . Inscribed and dated ‘Amalfihi/8. June. 1844’ (lower right). Pen and ink over traces of pencil. 48 x 34.5cm (18 7/8 x 13 9/16in). Provenance Ex collection of art critic Nicolas Powell (1920-1986). Private collection, UK (thence by descent). … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Stylida (1848)

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Stylida, Greece. Inscribed and dated twice ‘Stylida/26.June.1848’ (lower left and in pencil lower right), also inscribed ‘(84)’ (lower right) with further annotations throughout. Pen and ink and watercolour. 14 x 23.2cm (5 1/2 x 9 1/8in). Provenance Lieutenant Colonel … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Cannes and the Esterel Mountains (1865)

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cannes and the Esterel Mountains, France. Watercolor with pen and brown ink over traces of pencil; inscribed lower left: Cannes. 8 April 8am 1865, extensively inscribed with color notes. 355 by 555 mm; 13 7/8  by 21 7/8  in. Lear drew … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Plains of Bethany

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Plains of Bethany. Signed with monogram (lower left). Oil on canvas. 9 ½ x 18 3/8 in. (24.1 x 47.6 cm.) Jerusalem, with its powerful biblical associations, was the goal of many artist-travellers to the Near East in the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Forest of Bavella

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Forest of Bavella. Oil on canvas. 57 ½ by 94 ½ in. (146 x 240 cm.), circa 1878-1888. This monumental view of the pine forest of Bavella, in southern Corsica, is the largest of three known oil paintings that Lear … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, L’Aquila (1845)

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, L’Aquila, 1845. Black chalk, touches of pencil, wash, heightened with white, on light grey paper. Signed and dated 1845 lower left, inscribed Aquila lower left. 14 x 28 cm. (5 1/2 x 11 in), corners trimmed. Provenance: John Scandrett Harford (1787-1866); … Continue reading →

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