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Edward Lear, Corfu, 10 May 1862

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

A landscape in Corfu with two figures sitting on a hillside. Numbered, inscribed in Greek and dated ’10. May. 1862 (76)’ (lower right) and further inscribed in Greek and with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A View of Sta Maura

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

I hope I’ll be able to post Edward Lear’s second letter to A.M. Ricci tomorrow. For the moment, enjoy this watercolour I did not have when posting Lear’s diary entry for 20 April 1863.   A view of Santa Maura, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s 1863 Tour of the Ionian Islands

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In the spring of 1863, just before the Ionian Islands were ceded to Greece, Edward Lear started a tour of the seven islands which would result in a book of lithographs, Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, published in December of … Continue reading →

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More Edward Lear Manuscripts from Houghton

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Houghton Library is proceeding with the digitization of their Edward Lear manuscript holdings, and a few days ago a new resource was made available: Edward Lear Landscape Drawings, 1838-1884. The document contains over 3,500 links to good-resolution scans of Lear’s … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Greek Journals

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

The journals Edward Lear kept before 1858 are lost. Though we know that in 1885 he still had “60 volumes of Diaries” (letter to Fortescue, 30 April 1885, Selected Letters, p. 269), these were destroyed or distributed among Lear’s friends by … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Paxos

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Paxos. Dated and numbered ‘5.45 April 8./1863/(21)’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘The campanile is only very faintly seen at times,/through the veil of olives. It is ochkry [sic] w_ gy.’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed in Greek … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ithaca

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ithaca. Inscribed and dated ‘Ithaca/30.April. 1863/4.30. P.M.’ and further inscribed in Greek (lower left) and numbered ‘(105)’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with color notes. Pencil, pen and black ink and watercolor. 14¼ x 20½ in. (36.2 x 52.1 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Waiee, Bombay Presidency

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Waiee, Bombay Presidency, India. Pencil and grey wash on paper with watermark ‘J WHATMAN/1881’. 15¼ x 22¼in. (39 x 56.5cm.) Probably dating from late 1884 or early 1885, this work is based on an earlier drawing Lear executed … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Agia Paraskevi, Epirus, Greece

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Agia Paraskevi, Epirus, Greece Inscribed in Greek and dated ‘Ayia… 13.April.1857.’ (lower right) and variously inscribed with colour notes ‘Nightingales/dim roar below’ and further numbered and inscribed ‘137./Longwise.alone’ (on the verso). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Plain of Damascus

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Plain of Damascus Inscribed with colour notes and further inscribed ’21. night’ (on the reverse). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper 13¾ x 18 1/8 in. (35 x 46.1 cm.). Edward Lear travelled in … Continue reading →

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