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Edward Lear, Zante, with a view over the town to Monte Scopo
Edward Lear, Zante, with a view over the town to Monte Scopo. Inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Zante. 28. May. 5. P.M./ 1863/ (210)’ (lower right). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 13 x 20 in. (33 x 50.8 cm.). During April … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, The Monastery of Agios Pavlos, Mount Athos
Edward Lear, The Monastery of Agios Pavlos, Mount Athos. Inscribed in Greek ‘Saint Paul’, and dated ‘9.10. Sept./ 1856’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with colour notes throughout. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, on buff paper. 21 ¼ x 14 … Continue reading
Edward Lear, View of Ithaca
Edward Lear, View of Ithaca. Inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Ithaca./ 27.April. 4.30.P.M. 1863. (83)’ (lower right) and further annotated in Greek with key of names of the other Ionian Islands. Pencil, pen and brown and grey ink and watercolour. 9 1/8 x … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, The Monastery of Konstatmonitou, Mount Athos
Edward Lear, The Monastery of Konstatmonitou, Mount Athos. inscribed in English and Greek and dated ’16.Sept.1856′ and further inscribed in Greek (lower left) and with colour notes throughout. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 13 5/8 x 19 ¼ in. (34.6 … Continue reading
Edward Lear, The Monastery of Koutloumousiou, Mount Athos
Edward Lear, The Monastery of Koutloumousiou, Mount Athos. signed with monogram, indistinctly inscribed in Greek and dated ‘Sept.1.1856.’ (lower right) and dated again ‘1.Sept’ (lower left, in pencil). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 9 1/8 x 12 ½ in. (23.1 … Continue reading
Edward Lear in Southwold
A new edition of Geoffrey Munn’s Southwold: An Earthly Paradise is now available, though Amazon will be selling it starting on 14 July, and it includes an all-new chapter on Edward Lear’s stay there in 1869 with an interesting interpretation of Lear’s poem … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Pentedattelo (1847)
Edward Lear, Pentedattelo, Calabria. Inscribed and dated ‘Pentidatelo/1 Sept 1847’ (lower left); annotated (throughout). Ink and wash heightened with white over traces of pencil. 20.3 x 29.2cm (8 x 11 1/2in). Bonhams.
Edward Lear, View of Rome
Edward Lear, View of Rome. Variously inscribed and annotated. Pencil on paper. 27 x 42cm (10 5/8 x 16 9/16in). Provenance Ex collection of art critic Nicolas Powell (1920-1986). Private collection, UK (thence by descent). Bonhams.
Edward Lear, Amalfi (1844)
Edward Lear, Amalfi . Inscribed and dated ‘Amalfihi/8. June. 1844’ (lower right). Pen and ink over traces of pencil. 48 x 34.5cm (18 7/8 x 13 9/16in). Provenance Ex collection of art critic Nicolas Powell (1920-1986). Private collection, UK (thence by descent). … Continue reading
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