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Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto, Rome

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ponte Rotto, Rome. Watercolour, Indistinctly inscribed, and inscribed verso (now framed) 5.5″ x 9″ (14 x 22.8cm). I already posted this image, but it looks better here. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear’s 9000 Landscape Drawings

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Stephen Duckworth has posted a new website with lots of information on Edward Lear’s tours and drawings / watercolours. It presents a lor of previously-unavailable information, so don’t miss it! Previous posts by Stephen: Edward Lear’s travels in the Peloponnese … Continue reading →

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The Abbey of Santo Spirito at Sulmona (1844)

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Abbey of Santo Spirito at Sulmona. Signed lower right ‘E. Lear del. 1844’ and inscribed lower left ‘Abbadia di S. Spirito.’ Black chalk, pencil and stump heightened with white on buff paper 8.5 x 15cm Provenance John … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Paxo (1863)

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Paxo. Inscribed and dated 5 April 1863 and numbered 5, pen and sepia ink with colour washes, 12.5 x 18.5cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Lacca in Paxo (1863)

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Lacca in Paxo. Inscribed and dated 9 April 1867 [actually 1863, 2 P.M.], pen and sepia ink with colour washes and white, 35 x 52cm. The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, View of Cogoleto (1864)

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Cogoleto, Italy. Inscribed and dated High wind & cold/Cogoletto [sic]/3.30pm/24 Dec 1864 (lower left),  numbered (82) (lower right), and further inscribed elsewhere with colour notes. Pen and brown ink, and watercolour. 36.7 x 54.6cm; 14½ x 21½in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio (1864)

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Porto Maurizio, Italy. Dated and inscribed Porto Maurizio/9 AM/29 December 1864 (lower left), numbered  (114) (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes. Pen and ink, and watercolour, heightened with white. 32.9 x 49cm; 13 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ravenna (1867)

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ravenna. Watercolour sketch, ‘Ravenna 10.30 AM May 5 1867’, marked in pencil verso. 16.4cm x 24.9cm. Lear is known to have done another, almost from the same spot (different light), which was sold at Bonhams lot 71 on … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Colossi of Memnon (1854)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Colossi of Memnon. Pen, coloured ink and coloured wash. Inscribed and dated ‘Thebes, 20 Feb 1854’ (lower right), colour notes throughout. 11 x 32.5cm (4¼ x 12¾ in.) Edward Lear travelled to Egypt in 1854, following the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, El Kab, Egypt (1854)

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, El Kab, Egypt. Pen, ink, and watercolour, heightened with white. Inscribed with title and dated ’13 Feb 1854′ (lower left), colour notes throughout. 20 x 33.5cm (7¾ x 13 in.) Provenance Leger Galleries, London, November 1970 Edward Lear … Continue reading →

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