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Edward Lear, The portico entrance of a monastery, possibly Vatopaidi, Mount Athos (1856)

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The portico entrance of a monastery, possibly Vatopaidi, Mount Athos. Inscribed in Greek and dated ‘Balo & Paidion[?]/ 18. Sept. 1856.’ (lower right), numbered ’92’ (lower right) and ‘1’ (verso) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The monastery of Great Lavra, Mount Athos (1856)

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The monastery of Great Lavra, Mount Athos. Inscribed in Greek and dated ‘Lavra./ 6. Septr. 1856.’ and numbered ’26’ twice (lower right) and ‘2’ (verso) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 6 ¼ x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monte Generoso (1878)

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso, Italy. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil. Inscribed and dated: Monte Generoso / 5. August 1878/ 2-4 pm./ (& 6th 10-11.30/am) and further inscribed with colour notes. 380 by 542 mm Monte Generoso is situated on the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Syra, Greece (1856)

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Syra, Greece. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil. Inscribed and dated lower left: Syra. Octr 4 1856, further inscribed with the artist’s colour notes. 301 by 500 mm. Edward Lear travelled extensively throughout Greece in the 1850s and 1860s … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Helicon and Lake Capais from the Moutains above Kokhino on the Way to Thebes

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Helicon and Lake Capais from the Moutains above Kokhino on the Way to Thebes. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil. Inscribed with the title and the artist’s colour notes. Lear drew this watercolour during his first … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Copy of Colenso’s Ten Weeks in Natal

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

On John William Colenso. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, An Unpublished Letter

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

The letter below was probably addressed to Charles Marcus Church‘s brother when Edward Lear got back to England after a long period abroad. Lear and Church had travelled in Greece in 1848 (see Edward Lear’s Grecian Travels) and Church had … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Landscape Drawings: How Many Were There?

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

by Stephen Duckworth (the 2017 version is below, the latest 2019 version, which includes a few changes, can be downloaded as a pdf). The project’s objective is to make an estimate of the number of original dated landscape drawings (as … Continue reading →

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September Readings

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin has digitized its Edward Lear collection, which consists mostly of letters: 11 to William Holman Hunt, 2 to Luard and one to his sister Ellen from India, among others. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Dedication of His Ionian Islands Book to Evelyn Baring

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

If you have 3,000 – 4,000 GBP to spend you might be interested in this The Saleroom lot: Greece.- Lear (Edward) Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, signed presentation copy from Lear to Evelyn Baring inscribed “Corfu March 1864” fly-leaf, … Continue reading →

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