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Edward Lear, Santa Maria di Polsi (1847)

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Santa Maria di Polsi. Pencil, pen and ink with wash, heightened with white. 497 × 343 mm. (19 ⅝ × 13 ½ in.). Signed, inscribed and dated: “8 August 1847”. Lear travelled in Calabria in 1847. The lithograph … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Red Tower or St. Agatha’s Tower, Malta (1866)

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Red Tower or St. Agatha’s Tower, Malta. 1866. Watercolor and ink on paper. 7.5 by 10.75. MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Kandy (1874)

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kandy. Dec 2. 1894 [but actually 1874], 7.45AM,:- pencil, watercolour, pen and brown ink drawing inscribed as titled, further annotated, ‘bamboo’, ‘green for misty’, ‘cabbidge palm’, ’12ft high’ …. 16 x 34.5cm. Provenance With Thos. Agnew & Sons … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Garf Hoseyn (1867)

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Garf Hoseyn. Inscribed Garf Hoseyn/ 2.15. PM. 1867./ Feby.15.1867 in ink (over a similar inscription in pencil), numbered (483) lower right, with artist’s colour notes, pen and brown ink with coloured washes, heightened with white. 30.5 x 53cm. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Corfu

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Corfu. inscribed ‘Corfu’ (lower left). Watercolour on paper. 12 x 20.5cm (4 3/4 x 8 1/16in) Provenance The Parker Gallery, London. Acquired from the above gallery by the present owner, c. 1971-75. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Civita Castellana (1843)

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Civita Castellana, 1843. Watercolor and graphite on paper. Titled and dated (lower left). 8 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Provenance Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1983 Property from … Continue reading →

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The Harbury Cutting, Warwickshire (Attrib. Edward Lear

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Attributed to Edward Lear (1812-1888) British. “The Harbury Cutting, Warwickshire”, with a Steam Train and Figures in the Foreground, Pencil, Inscribed on mount, Mounted, Unframed, 5.75” x 9.5” (14.7 x 24.2cm). This is, in my opinion, highly unlikely as a … Continue reading →

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An Exile in Paradise: The Adventures of Edward Lear

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Derek Smith recently uploaded the three episodes of An Exile in Paradise: The Adventures of Edward Lear to YouTube. A three part series In 1848 Edward Lear, writer and illustrator of nonsense verse, set out on an epic journey through … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Fomm Ir-Rih, Malta (1866)

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Fomm Ir-Rih, Malta. Pen and brown ink and watercolour; inscribed, lower right: Fommer Rih / 2 P.M /  March 1 1866 / 79, further inscribed with colour notes, unframed. 153 by 253 mm. Provenance Sale, London, Bonham’s, 16 September 2009, lot 163; … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ascalon, Palestine

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Ascalon, Palestine. Watercolour over pencil, heightened with touches of bodycolour; signed with monogram lower right. 105 by 205 mm. Provenance John, Lord D’Ayton (1922-2003); thence by descent to the present owners. The sculptor Thomas Woolner (1825-1892) believed that … Continue reading →

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