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Edward Lear, View Near Monte Rotondo (1840)

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, View Near Monte Rotondo, Italy. Pencil, heightened with stump and white on blue paper; signed lower right: Edward Lear del. and inscribed lower left: near Monte Rotondo. May 26.1840. 150 by 350 mm. This fine drawing was once owned … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Dead Sea, Jordan

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, The Dead Sea, Jordan. Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white; signed with the artist’s monogram lower right. 177 by 375 mm. Lear arrived in Jerusalem in March 1858, travelling on to Petra and then the Dead Sea, which he … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Amphitheatre, Taormina (1842)

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, The Amphitheatre, Taormina, Sicily. Pencil and grey wash, heightened with white, on grey paper; inscribed lower left: Taormina; signed lower right: Edward Lear del.1842. 165 by 250 mm. Lear spent ten weeks exploring Sicily in the spring of 1842. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Santa Maria della Salute from across the Bacino, Venice. Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour; signed with monogram lower left. 115 by 175 mm. The present watercolour dates from Lear’s second trip to Venice in November 1865. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Porto Tre Scoglie (1862)

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Porto Tre Scoglie, Albania. Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour; signed with the artist’s monogram and dated lower left: 1862. 170 by 360 mm. Few foreigners visited Albania in the mid nineteenth century and Lear, who ventured there in 1848 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Junction of Wadis (1849)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Junction of Wadis, Egypt. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil, on wove paper watermarked: Wick / 18; inscribed lower right: 20. “January”. 1849. 1849 [sic] / Junction of Wadys. [sic],  and further inscribed with artists … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ioannina (1856-1857)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Ioannina, Greece. Pen and brown ink with watercolour over traces of pencil; inscribed lower right in pen: Ἰωάννινα / Aug.. 1856 April 1857; and again in pencil: Aug 1856. Apr. 1857. 145 by 228 mm. Edward Lear travelled extensively … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Figures on Road, Tivoli Beyond (1839)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Figures on the Road, Tivoli Beyond. Pencil, heightened with white and touches of brown wash, on grey paper; signed lower right: Edward Lear / 1839; and inscribed lower left: Tivoli. 240 by 340 mm. In a letter to his … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Falla near Strongoli, Corfu (1862)

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Falla near Strongoli, Corfu. Pen and brown ink over pencil on blue paper; inscribed lower left with the title in Greek and dated: 4 May. 1862, numbered lower right: 49 + 2, and further inscribed with artist’s notes. 215 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Distant View of the Citadel, Corfu

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, A Distant View of the Citadel, Corfu. Watercolour over pencil, heightened with touches of bodycolour and gum arabic; signed lower right with the artist’s monogram and inscribed: Corfu. 285 by 450 mm. Lear was first introduced to Corfu, then … Continue reading →

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