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Harriott Lear’s Death Certificate

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Jo Fitz-Henry kindly sent me Harriott Lear’s death registration from the Scotland’s People website. She died of “chronic bronchitis” at Cherry Bank, Perth, on 16 July 1859 and was buried in Wellshill Cemetery in Perth. No members of the family … Continue reading →

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Harriet Lear’s Copy of Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria. London: Bentley 1852. Large 8vo, with presentation inscription ‘Harriet Lear from her brother Edward, Nov. 29 1853’, plates as required (one with partial tear without loss), in worn half binding. … Continue reading →

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And What About Charles?

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] The 18th son Charles had an interesting story, he became medical Missionary and went to the West coast of Africa, was a great favourite of the Chiefs, and when he nearly died of malaria, … Continue reading →

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“Twentieth of Twenty-one”: Edward Lear and his Siblings (3)

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

[Part 1] [Part 2] The Lears were non-conformists and had their children baptized at the Meeting House at Haberdashers’ Hall by Pastor Joseph Brooksbank, and all the children who reached adulthood, except Charles, appear in the “Register of Births and … Continue reading →

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“Twentieth of Twenty-one”: Edward Lear and his Siblings (2)

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

[Part 1] [Part 3] A second group of family documents is located at the National Art Library in London, “Papers of Ellen Newsom (Née Lear) and her family, 1795-1884,” (Manuscript MSL/1985/3) which includes several items relating to the family, among … Continue reading →

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“Twentieth of Twenty-one”: Edward Lear and his Siblings (1)

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

“Twentieth of twenty-one children” must be the most-often-repeated phrase in discussions of Edward Lear’s early life: no biographical sketch omits the snippet; but, did Jeremiah and Ann Lear really have so many children? Families of such size were not uncommon … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Canadian Cousins

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

[The following is from Steve Uglow’s research on Edward Lear’s family: I posted the first part, on Frederick Harding, a couple of months ago as part of  a discussion of some family portraits.] The references to cousin Caroline Jones in … Continue reading →

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A Few More Lear Family Portraits

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

[I prepared this post together with the one on the portrait of nine-year-old Edward Lear by his sister Ann over three years ago, but then inexplicably forgot to post it; like the previous one it is mostly based on material from the … Continue reading →

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A New Collection, with a Never-before-Seen Portrait of Edward Lear

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

On the 1st August 2010 Vivien Noakes received an email telling her of some pictures owned by descendants of Sarah Street, née Lear. A further email yielded a few details; but the onset of Dr. Noakes’s final illness aborted the … Continue reading →

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