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Edward Lear, Mount Athos

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Athos. Signed with initials and inscribed (lower left). Watercolour on paper. 10 x 20cm (3 15/16 x 7 7/8in). Provenance The Parker Gallery, London. Private collection, Athens. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, The Quarries of Assouan, Egypt (1867)

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Quarries of Assouan, Egypt. Inscribed Quarries of Assouan / Am-11.30 1. pm / February 27. 1867. lower left; further inscribed with extensive artists colour notes. Pen and brown ink over pencil, heightened with watercolour and bodycolour. Unframed: 28.9 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Dahr el Bayree, Thebes (1854)

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Dahr el Bayree, Thebes. Inscribed Thebes. Dahr el Bayree. 19 Feby. 1854. lower right; further inscribed with extensive artist’s notes, inscribed No. 12 single verso. Pen and brown and pencil and watercolour. Unframed: 28.9 by 51.1cm., 11¼ by 20in. Framed: … 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, The Pyramids near Cairo (1849)

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Pyramids near Cairo. Inscribed and dated near Cairo. Jany. 9. 1849 lower left; inscribed a mother of Mud. lower centre; numbered 7 lower right. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil. Unframed: 17.1 by 50.7cm., … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Janina

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Janina. Watercolour and pastel. 29 x 45.5cm (11 7/16 x 17 15/16in). Provenance With J. Leger & Son, London, 1959 (as Janina, Turkey). Private collection, UK. Ioannina (or Janina) which lies on Lake Pamvotis is part … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Dhows on the Nile

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Dhows on the Nile. Pencil and watercolour Dated ’29 Dec’ (lower left), numbered ‘161’ (lower right), colour notes throughout 6.5 x 22.5cm (2½ x 8¾ in.) Provenance The Ruskin Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon. The gallery label affixed verso dates the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Deir Kadige on the River Nile

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Deir Kadige on the River Nile, Egypt. Inscribed Deir Cadige March 14 sunset Dome orange, 66 x 151mm. Loosely laid down on an old mount, slight sporadic stains, undisturbed in old ebonised frame with, on the reverse, the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, San Buci (1840)

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, San Buci, near Rome (Sambuci?). Pencil on grey-brown paper, laid onto card, title and date ‘9 July 1840’ to lower right in pencil, pencil note to lower left ‘Ivy’, small loss at left lower corner, slight overall toning, … Continue reading →

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