Tag Archives: landscape

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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Edward Lear, Agia Paraskevi, Epirus, Greece

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Agia Paraskevi, Epirus, Greece Inscribed in Greek and dated ‘Ayia… 13.April.1857.’ (lower right) and variously inscribed with colour notes ‘Nightingales/dim roar below’ and further numbered and inscribed ‘137./Longwise.alone’ (on the verso). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Waiee, India

Posted on April 11, 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.). Lear travelled in India between 1873 and 1875. He docked at Bombay on 22 November 1873 from where … Continue reading →

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On the Shores of Lake Lugano

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Lago di Lugano, 1878. Signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed ‘Lago di Lugano’ (lower left). Watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour. 6 1/8 x 10 in. (15.5 x 25.4 cm.). Preparatory sketch of Lugano, dated 3 July … Continue reading →

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