Tag Archives: picture stories

Ye Owly=Pussey=catte

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

The items below are for sale at Bonhams at impossible prices (as usual). I find it highly unlikely that the picture of the Owly=Pussey=catte can be dated 1846 like some of the others in the lot: for one thing Edward … Continue reading →

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There was an Old Man with a Book

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

There was an old man with a Book — Who said, “Only look! Only look! — “Obsquation, — obsgration, — “At Waterloo station — Enquire if there ain’t such a book!” Limerick on the publication of Edward Lear’s Views in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in 1884

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Exact likeness of me and my cat Foss, 23 February, 1884. Private Collection, The Walthall Family. The Guardian (2012).

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Edward Lear’s Stratton Adventure and an Adventure with a Lady

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

“Self-portraits. 18–. MS Typ 55.20. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.” contains what appears to be part of a picture story: it tells of an adventure on a walk while at Stratton. Edward Lear often visited his old friend and … Continue reading →

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New Edward Lear Manuscripts from Houghton Library

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

The following items fromHoughton Library have been added to the Manuscripts page: Edward Lear drawings of Central India, 1875. MS Typ 55.5. 49 original landscape drawings on 31 mounts (31 sheets), in watercolor, pen and graphite. From Lord Northbrook’s collection, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, the “Four children,” and Elizabeth Hornby

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

A few weeks ago I reported the publication of an issue of Rivista di studi vittoriani devoted to Edward Lear; Ann C. Colley’s essay, “Edward Lear and Victorian Animal Portraiture,” has been greatly expanded and published as chapter 3 of her new book: Wild … Continue reading →

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Gustave Verbeek’s Twinklies

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

It seems I missed this important post on Gustave Verbeek (or Verbeck as the preferred spelling now seems to be) from the Stripper’s Guide in the series of Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Gustave Verbeck. Here are three strips from Verbeek’s … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell, The Policeman & the Match

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Harper’s Round Table, vol. 18, 15 June 1897, p. 888.

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Gustave Verbeek, The Hunter’s Strategy

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Harper’s Round Table, vol. 18, 15 December 1896, p. 164.

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Gustave Verbeek before the Comics

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Neuvième Art 2.0, the online magazine of the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée e de l’image has a long, interesting article on Gustave Verbeek (or Verbeck as the author, prefers to call him): Christian Staebler, “Gustave Verbeck, la quintessence … Continue reading →

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