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- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
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- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
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Edward Lear, View of Gwalior, India (1880)
View of Gwalior, India, 1880. Signed in monogram ‘EL’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Gwalior’ (lower left). Oil on canvas, unlined (Prepared by Charles Roberson 99, Long Acre London) 9¼ x 18¼ in. (23.5 x 46.3 cm.). Throughout his life Lear … Continue reading
Edward Lear, A View of Florence (1839)
A view of Florence with the Duomo in the distance. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear. del./1839.’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Firenze.’ (lower left). Pencil, ochre wash, heightened with white (partly oxidized) on light green paper. 9¼ x 13½ in. (23.4 … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Andora, Italy (1864)
Andora, Italy. Inscribed and dated ‘Andora/28 December 1864/11 AM’ (lower right) and inscribed again and dated ‘Andora/11 30 AM/28 December 1864’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(109)’ (lower left) and further inscribed with color notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink, watercolor. … Continue reading
Edward Lear, View of Mount Olympus
View of Mount Olympus, Macedonia and Thessaly, near the Gulf of Salonika signed in monogram and dated ‘EL·1864’ (lower right). Oil on panel (Prepared by Charles Roberson 99, Long Acre London) 7 x 11 in. (17.7 x 27.9 cm.). Lear … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Bocche di Cattaro
Edward Lear, Bocche di Cattaro (1866). Aberdeen Art Gallery. Jennifer Melville, Lead Curator of the Aberdeen Art Gallery, will be giving a lunchtime talk on this picture on 30 May 2012, see the Bicentenary Events board for more information. Meanwhile … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Philae on the Nile
Philae on the Nile Signed with initials and dated ‘EL/1856’ (lower left) and inscribed ‘Edward Lear/July 1856’ (on a label attached to the reverse). Oil on canvas 13½ x 21¼ in. (34.5 x 61.6 cm.)
Edward Lear, In the Campagna near Rome
In the Campagna, near Rome Indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘E Lear. Del. 1845’ (lower left) and inscribed ‘Edward Lear/1844’ (on a label attached to the reverse). Oil on canvas 11½ x 29 in. (29.2 x 73.7 cm.)
Two Corfu Paintings by Edward Lear
Corfu from the village of Ascension Corfu from the Benitza Road, on the hill of Gastouri Signed with monogram and dated ‘1862’ (one lower left and one lower right), one inscribed ‘Corfu from Ascension/Painted by me in Corfu, 1862./Edward Lear.’ … Continue reading
Near Khan, Lebanon
Edward Lear, Near Khan, Lebanon. Inscribed and dated ‘Lebanon./17.May.1858./near Khan’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(173)’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘vines and millions of/black pines’ (centre) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, 13¾ x … Continue reading
More Edward Lear Auctions
At Belgravia Auction Gallery, with an estimate of €8,000-12,000, Selmun Palace: At Christie’s, for a lousy £1,500-2,000, you can get Lucknow, pen and ink, “signed with monogram and inscribed ’42, Lucknow 8pm.’”
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