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Edward Lear, Bethany

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bethany. Signed bottom left and titled bottom right, watercolor with brown ink on paper laid down to mat at edges. Image: 6 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (15.6 x 23.2cm), sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 1/16 in. (26.7 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Plains of Bethany

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Plains of Bethany. Signed with monogram (lower left). Oil on canvas. 9 ½ x 18 3/8 in. (24.1 x 47.6 cm.) Jerusalem, with its powerful biblical associations, was the goal of many artist-travellers to the Near East in the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mount Lebanon (1866)

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Lebanon. Signed with monogram (lower right). Oil on canvas, in the artist’s original frame. 15 ¼ x 27 5/8 in. (39 x 70 cm.) Painted in 1866. Leaving Jerusalem in 1858, Lear travelled to Lebanon, arriving in Beirut on 11 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Valley of Jehosaphat with Jerusalem Beyond

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Valley of Jehosaphat with Jerusalem beyond. Signed with monogram (lower right). Watercolour and bodycolour. 9.5 x 19.5cm (3 3/4 x 7 11/16in). Edward Lear travelled to Jerusalem from Corfu and arrived on 27 March 1858. His diary … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Jericho (1865)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Jericho. Signed with monogram, inscribed ‘JCS’ and dated ‘1865’ l.r. Watercolour and bodycolour. 17.7 x 25.2 cm. (7 x 10 in.) Catherine Symonds, a gift from the artist; By descent to H.J. Vaughan; Christie’s London, 26 April 1963, lot … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Jerusalem Looking North West (1859)

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Jerusalem looking North West. Signed with monogram and dated ‘EL /1859’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Jerusalem looking North West’ (on the stretcher) and with inscription ‘Jerusalem looking North West/Painted by Edward Lear from drawings/made there in 1858 for Lord … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Jerusalem, A View from the South

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Jerusalem; a view from the South looking towards the Dome of the Rock. Signed with monogram (lower right). Pencil and watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white. 6 3/8 x 10¼ in. (16.2 x 26 cm.). Lear first … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Plain of Damascus

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Plain of Damascus Inscribed with colour notes and further inscribed ’21. night’ (on the reverse). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper 13¾ x 18 1/8 in. (35 x 46.1 cm.). Edward Lear travelled in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, St Sabbas the Sanctified

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The monastery of St Sabbas the Sanctified (Mar Saba), near Bethlehem. Nnumbered, inscribed and dated ‘Deir Mar Sabbas./May 1.1858/Deir Mar Sabbas/(127)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper. … Continue reading →

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