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Edward Lear, Gebel Serbal (1849)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Gebel Serbal from above Wadi Useit, Egypt. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil; inscribed lower right: Gebal [sic] Serbal / from above Wady [sic] Useit / 20. January. 1849. 2. P.M.., and further inscribed … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Tivoli

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Tivoli. Indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘Tivoli May 7 …183.'(lower left). Pencil and grey wash heightened with white on light grey paper. 7 1/8 x 10 in. (18.2 x 25.4 cm.). With financial backing from Lord Derby, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Corfu, 10 May 1862

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

A landscape in Corfu with two figures sitting on a hillside. Numbered, inscribed in Greek and dated ’10. May. 1862 (76)’ (lower right) and further inscribed in Greek and with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A View of Sta Maura

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

I hope I’ll be able to post Edward Lear’s second letter to A.M. Ricci tomorrow. For the moment, enjoy this watercolour I did not have when posting Lear’s diary entry for 20 April 1863.   A view of Santa Maura, … Continue reading →

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More Edward Lear Manuscripts from Houghton

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Houghton Library is proceeding with the digitization of their Edward Lear manuscript holdings, and a few days ago a new resource was made available: Edward Lear Landscape Drawings, 1838-1884. The document contains over 3,500 links to good-resolution scans of Lear’s … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Paxos

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Paxos. Dated and numbered ‘5.45 April 8./1863/(21)’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘The campanile is only very faintly seen at times,/through the veil of olives. It is ochkry [sic] w_ gy.’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed in Greek … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ithaca

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ithaca. Inscribed and dated ‘Ithaca/30.April. 1863/4.30. P.M.’ and further inscribed in Greek (lower left) and numbered ‘(105)’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with color notes. Pencil, pen and black ink and watercolor. 14¼ x 20½ in. (36.2 x 52.1 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Southern Italy Landscapes

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

At long last, someone has remembered to celebrate Edward Lear in Italy: prof. Salvatore Di Fazio, who teaches Rural Architecture and Landscape at the University of Reggio Calabria, will give an open lecture on “Il paesaggio di Edward Lear in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Modica

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

View of Modica, Sicily. Inscribed and dated ‘Modica/8 June 1867’ (centre right) and with colour notes throughout. Pencil and pen and brown ink. 12 x 18 in. (30.4 x 45.7 cm.) Christie’s.

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Edward Lear, Waiee, Bombay Presidency

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Waiee, Bombay Presidency, India. Pencil and grey wash on paper with watermark ‘J WHATMAN/1881’. 15¼ x 22¼in. (39 x 56.5cm.) Probably dating from late 1884 or early 1885, this work is based on an earlier drawing Lear executed … Continue reading →

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