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Edward Lear, The Red Tower or St. Agatha’s Tower, Malta (1866)

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Red Tower or St. Agatha’s Tower, Malta. 1866. Watercolor and ink on paper. 7.5 by 10.75. MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Kandy (1874)

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kandy. Dec 2. 1894 [but actually 1874], 7.45AM,:- pencil, watercolour, pen and brown ink drawing inscribed as titled, further annotated, ‘bamboo’, ‘green for misty’, ‘cabbidge palm’, ’12ft high’ …. 16 x 34.5cm. Provenance With Thos. Agnew & Sons … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Garf Hoseyn (1867)

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Garf Hoseyn. Inscribed Garf Hoseyn/ 2.15. PM. 1867./ Feby.15.1867 in ink (over a similar inscription in pencil), numbered (483) lower right, with artist’s colour notes, pen and brown ink with coloured washes, heightened with white. 30.5 x 53cm. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Corfu

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Corfu. inscribed ‘Corfu’ (lower left). Watercolour on paper. 12 x 20.5cm (4 3/4 x 8 1/16in) Provenance The Parker Gallery, London. Acquired from the above gallery by the present owner, c. 1971-75. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Civita Castellana (1843)

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Civita Castellana, 1843. Watercolor and graphite on paper. Titled and dated (lower left). 8 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Provenance Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1983 Property from … 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, Cefalu (1847)

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cefalu. Ink and pencil on buff paper. ‘Cefalu’ inscribed and dated 8th July 1847 and numbered 226, Spink & Son Ltd label verso. 8 x 12.75in. Gorringes.

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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 (attrib.), Palermo

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Palermo. Pencil. 10x15cm. Rosebarys. The lot includes two more pictures, clearly not by Lear, one of them is nice:

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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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