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Edward Lear, Pentedattilo

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Pentedattilo, Calabria. Signed with monogram (lower right); inscribed ‘Pentedatilo’ (lower left). Watercolour . 9.8 x 19.7cm (3 7/8 x 7 3/4in). Provenance Private collection UK. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Zitza (1857)

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Zitza, Albania. Titled and dated ‘Zitza/7.April.1857’ (lower right); variously and indistinctly annotated elsewehere. Watercolour, pencil and ink. 29.8 x 48.9cm (11 3/4 x 19 1/4in). Provenance Probably, anon. sale, Christie’s, London, 22 March 1988, lot. 142. Private collection UK. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Convent near Soracte (1843)

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Convent near Soracte. Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1843 l.l., pencil heightened with white on grey paper 9 x 17cm Provenance: With Abbott & Holder, London. The Saleroom.

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Ye Great Meyerbeer

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

“Ye great Meyerbeer — as seen at Spa in ye summer of 1856.” The label on the back of the picture attributes this to Edward Lear, and actually the drawing style — while a little too “finished” — is not … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mt. Etna from near Carlentini (1852)

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mt. Etna from near Carlentini. Pen and ink, signed, titled and dated 1852, 23cm x 28.5cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, The Plains of Marathon

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Plains of Marathon, Greece. Signed lower left with monogram “EL” watercolour 10 x 20cm (4 x 8in). Provenance Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London SW7. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Bissone (1878)

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Bissone, Lake Lugano, Switzerland. Inscribed with title, colour notes and dated “10.15 to 11 a.m. / 17 August 1878” lower left pen, brown ink and blue wash 31 x 51cm (12 x 20in). Provenance Michael Spratt, English … Continue reading →

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A Lecture and an Auction

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

If you have $15,000-20,000 you do not know how to spend, you might want to buy the FIRST VOLUME only of Edward lear’s original 1846 Book of Nonsense: If you can’t afford it, at least watch this extremely interesting lecture by … Continue reading →

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Thomas Uwins, A Hop Picker at Farnham

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Thomas Uwins (NOT Unwins) was James Uwins’s uncle: the latter, probably on the recommendation of his relative, travelled with Edward Lear to Naples, Amalfi and finally to La Cava. In addition to the introduction on Lear, I wrote a short … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monte Generoso (1879)

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso. Pen and brown ink, inscribed and dated 1879, 25cm x 52cm. Illustrated. The Saleroom. With thanks to Stephen Duckworth.

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