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Edward Lear, Autograph Letter Signed, to the wife of painter William Holman Hunt (1881)

Posted on September 19, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear Autograph Letter Signed, to the wife of painter William Holman Hunt, explaining that the delayed reply to “Daddy’s” letter [Lear’s nickname for Mr. Hunt] was due to illness, expressing sympathy for the troubles of John Everett Millais and [Edward] … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, An Unpublished Letter

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Edward Lear’, Villa Tennyson, [Sanremo, Italy], Monday, no date, 1880s, to Mrs Kettlewell. ‘I stupidly forgot both the other evening and yesterday morning to send the Italian novels you or Miss Wedgwood wanted. The 3 … Continue reading →

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An Illustrated Letter by Edward Lear

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

My transcript: 65. Oxford Terrace. 24th 23d Dear Mrs George, Thanks for your letter of this morning, & pray thank Maria for the Fez, wh: has just come safely. — It’s a duck of a Fez, & shall be stuck … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Letter to Lady Waldegrave (31 July 1877)

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

31. July. 1877 My dear Lady Waldegrave, I shall trouble you with this gnoat because the chances are that I shall not see you again before I go out of England, – if, (as I hope you may,) you will … Continue reading →

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A Letter by Edward Lear

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, letter to unknown recipient from Barzanò, Monza, of 28 July 1886: The Post brings me a letter from the Tennyson Poet folk – about the “Break break” — & the “Lines to E.L.” And I think it would … Continue reading →

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Letters to the Caetani Family (5)

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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Letters to the Caetani Family (4)

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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Letters to the Caetani Family (3)

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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Letters to the Caetani Family (2)

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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Letters to the Caetani Family (1)

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

[This is part of a series of previously-unpublished letters to Margaret Knight, who was married to Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, and to Ada Bootle-Wilbraham, married to Onorato Caetani, Michelangelo’s son, Prince of Teano and then Duke of Sermoneta. The … Continue reading →

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