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Edward Lear, View of the Citadel, Corfu

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of the Citadel, Corfu, with an orange grove in the foreground. Signed ‘E. Lear’ (lower right). Oil on canvas. 19 x 30 in. (48.3 x 76.2 cm.) Lear first visited Corfu in 1848. He returned in the winter of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, In the Campagna (1844)

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, In the Campagna, Rome. Signed ‘Edwd Lear’ (lower left) and dated ‘1844’ (lower right). Oil on canvas. 9 ¾ x 18 1/8 in. (24.8 x 46 cm.) The Roman Campagna was a place that Lear often returned to in the … Continue reading →

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J.R. Green on Edward Lear in 1871

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Writing to Miss Olga von Glehn from Villa Congreve (also), San Remo, on 10 March 1871, John Richard Green states: I have just been seeing Lear’s pictures packed off for the Academy. I shall be home just in time for a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Temple of Apollo at Bassae (1854)

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Temple of Apollo at Bassae. Oil on Canvas. 146.4cm x 229.5cm. Monogram; lower right; EL. Date; lower right; 1854-55. Stretcher, verso; paint; Box 9. Stretcher, verso; graphite; 30. Label; stretcher, verso; printed; MAN. Stamp; canvas, verso; with … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell’s Solomon Asks a Question

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell’s original illustration for John Kendrick Bang’s The Pursuit of the House-Boat. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1896, opposite p. 10. Solomon (the Gandalf-looking old man witha crown) is asking: “What is all this got to do with … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell’s Fairyland

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Peter Newell, Fairyland. Oil on panel. 12 x 16 in. Signed lower right Heritage Auctions.  

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Edward Lear, View of Florence from Villa Petraja (1861)

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Florence from Villa Petraja. Signed with monogram and dated EL /1861 at lower left. Oil on canvas. 
47 x 75.5 cm (18 ½ x 29 ¾ in.). ‘At present I am at work ferociously on the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling (1877)

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling. Signed with monogram and dated 1877 l.r. Oil on canvas. 117 x 178 cm. (46 x 70 in.) Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, (1815-1895); Donated by Lord Aberdare to the Mountain Ash Urban District Council … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile, above Aswan (1871)

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sunset on the Nile, above Aswan. Signed with monogram (lower left); bears exhibition label and inscribed, signed and dated ‘On the Nile/Edward Lear/1871’ (verso). Oil on canvas. 24 x 47cm (9 7/16 x 18 1/2in). Purchased directly from the artist … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Philae

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Philae. Signed with monogram (lower right). Oil on paper laid down on canvas. 13 3/8 x 21 ¼ in. (34 x 54 cm.) Lear visited Philae twice, in late January and early February 1854 and in January 1867. Christie’s.

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