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Edward Lear, Monte Generoso (1848)

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso, 1848. Inscribed and dated ‘Monte Generoso/9.AM. August 2.1848’ (lower left), annotated  throughout. Watercolour over traces of pencil. 40.3 x 55.5cm (15 7/8 x 21 7/8in). Provenance Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 2 November 1995, lot 82. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Canea, Crete (1864)

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Canea, Crete. Dated 17 April 1864 6.40 pm and titled lower left, watercolour and ink, 21.5 x 34.5 cm, frame 43 x 56 cm. Provenance Collection of Peter Roberts, purchased from Maurice Edward Dear, Southampton and label for … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Voidomatis river, Zagori region, Epirus (1857)

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Voidomatis river, Zagori region, Epirus. 14 April 1857. Watercolour and ink on paper. MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Amalfi: Still Life (1838)

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Rustic Still Life. Inscribed ‘Amalfi’ and dated ‘July.11.1838’. Watercolour with oil and pencil. 5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches. Exhibited ‘Chris Beetles Summer Show’, 2021, No 25. Early in 1837, a group of subscribers, led by the Earl … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A Rest on the Way to Pisa (1861-1863)

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A rest on the way to Pisa. Signed with monogram and dated 1861 and 1863. Watercolour with bodycolour. 6 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches. Literature Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear 1812-1888, London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1985, pages 126-127, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Tivoli (1838)

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Tivoli. Pencil and monochrome wash. Inscribed and dated ‘Tivoli May 7th 1838’. Provenance The Acland family. Exhibited: Fry Gallery. 7×9.75 inches. Abbott and Holder.

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Edward Lear, Parnassus (1849)

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Parnassus. Pen, ink, pencil and wash – “Parnassus, 12 April 1849, 11 A.M.” Mount Parnassus from Near Thebes – a study of an extensive landscape, with figures, some on horseback, inscribed, dated and numbered 159, 11.25ins x 19ins, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Cheddar Cliffs, Somerset (1849)

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cheddar Cliffs, Somerset. Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Tcheddacliphs [sic] / Edward Lear. del. Aug. 25.1849.’ (lower right). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper 6 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (17.5 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Near Mount Sinai (1849)

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Egypt; near Mount Sinai. Pencil, pen and ink. Inscribed and dated, ’21 January 1849 / 5 pm’. 12×19.75 inches. Abbott and Holder.

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Edward Lear, Hebron (1858)

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Hebron, figures and camels, the city beyond, c.1858. Signed ‘Edward Lear del.’ l.l., inscribed ‘Hebron’ l.r., pen and ink and watercolour heightened with white. 15.4 x 23cm. Provenance With Leger Galleries, London, by December 1982. Edward Lear travelled … Continue reading →

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