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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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Edward Lear, Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile (1871)

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile. Signed with initials lower left; inscribed Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile on the overlap; inscribed, signed and dated Bab el Kalabshe. on the Nile / Edward Lear / 1871 on a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Temple of Agrigento

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Temple of Agrigento. Signed and indistinctly dated ‘Edwd Lear. May 28, 184…’ (lower center); inscribed ‘Agrigento’ (lower right). Oil over pencil on paper, laid on canvas. 131⁄8 x 20 in. (33.3 x 50.8 cm.) Provenance with Thomas Agnew … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mount Sinai (1853)

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Sinai. Inscribed, signed and dated MT. SINAI E. Lear 1853 lower right. Oil on canvas, circular. Unframed: 58.5cm., 23in. diameter. Framed: 69 by 69cm., 27¼ by 27¼in. Provenance Bought from the artist by Thomas Gambier Parry. Leger Galleries, London, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Pyramids Road (or, have you got a million?)

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Pyramids Road, Gizeh. Signed with monogram and dated EL.1873 lower left. Oil on canvas. Unframed: 53 by 104cm., 21 by 41in. Provenance Commissioned by Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl Northbrook before 1872 The Fine Art Society, by whom sold to … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ruins in the Campagna

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ruins in the Campagna. Oil on canvas, 23.2 x 32.6 cm, framed, slightly damaged. Provenance: Directly from the artist by inheritance to the great-great-grandfather of the present owner; Private Collection United States of America. Catalogued and illustrated in: … Continue reading →

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