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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, Philae

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Philae. monogrammed lower right. oil on paper laid on canvas. 34cm x 54cm. Provenance With Agnew’s, London, no. 32992; The Collection of Sir Thomas William Evans, Bt., of Allestree Hall, Derbyshire, and Dartmouth House, Queen Anne’s Gate, London; … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Kom Ombos, Egypt (1856)

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kom Ombos, Egypt. Signed with monogram (lower right) and indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘Ombos 1856’ (lower left). Oil on canvas laid down on board. 10 x 15 ½ in. (25.4 x 39.3 cm.) See watercolour. Provenance Thomas Baring, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Olive trees, Corfu (11857)

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Olive trees, Corfu. Signed with monogram and inscribed and dated ‘Corfu / December / 17 / 1857’ (lower left); signed inscribed and dated ‘E Lear Corfu December 17 1857’ (lower right). Oil on board. 17 3⁄4 x 21 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, An Olive Grove, Corfu, a sailing boat to the right (1857)

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Olive Grove, Corfu, a sailing boat to the right. Inscribed and dated ‘Corfu / December 22 / 1857’ (lower left); Inscribed and dated ‘Corfu December 22 1857’ (lower right); and further inscribed and dated ‘1857 / H. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, “And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South”

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, “And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South.” Signed with initials EL lower right. Oil on canvas. Unframed: 48.5 by 75.5cm., 19 by 29¾in. Framed: 63 by 89.8cm., 24¾ by 35¼in. Provenance Commissioned in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Island of Philae, above the First Cataract on the Nile, from the South, Afternoon (1855)

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Island of Philae, above the First Cataract on the Nile, from the South, Afternoon. Signed and dated E. Lear 1855 lower right; inscribed, signed and dated Philae/ Edward Lear 1855/ I will see before I die/ The … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Coast of Malabar

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coast of Malabar. Signed with monogram (lower right). Oil on canvas, 23.5 x 46.5cm (9 1/4 x 18 5/16in). Painted in 1880 (according to an inscription on the frame). Provenance The Honourable Eustace Henry Dawnay, 8 Belgrave Square, London. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Amalfi: Still Life (1838)

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Rustic Still Life. Inscribed ‘Amalfi’ and dated ‘July.11.1838’. Watercolour with oil and pencil. 5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches. Exhibited ‘Chris Beetles Summer Show’, 2021, No 25. Early in 1837, a group of subscribers, led by the Earl … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Bavella Pictures

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Marco Graziosi

I receive from the lucky owner of one Bavella sketch and publish (with some editing). The drawings I am interested in are illustrated in Philip Hofer’s book Edward Lear as a Landscape Draughtsman, plates 72 & 95. Both these drawings … Continue reading →

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