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Edward Lear, Plain of Thebes

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Plain of Thebes, Egypt. Signed with monogram (lower right); signed with monogram (lower left); stamped with the collector stamp of Earl Spencer (lower left). Watercolour, 17.4 x 37.6cm (6 7/8 x 14 13/16in). Provenance Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer Collection, UK … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Kom Ombo

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Kom Ombo, Egypt. Signed with monogram (lower left); stamped with the collector stamp of Earl Spencer (lower right). Watercolour, 17.6 x 37.8cm (6 15/16 x 14 7/8in). Provenance Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer Collection, UK (Frits Lugt L.2341a). Max Harari Collection, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Auribeau (1868)

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Auribeau. Signed with monogram l.r., inscribed ‘Abribeau’ and dated ‘1868’ l.l. watercolour 33 x 51.5 cm. (13 x 20 1/4 in.) Lear was in Cannes until April of 1868. From there he could make expeditions into the hills; he … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Italian Peasant (1860)

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Italian peasant. Inscribed and dated ‘Rome, April 17. 1860’. Pen and ink and pencil 10.5 x 16 cm. (4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.) Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, An Italian landscape with San Eusebio in the distance (1845)

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Italian landscape with San Eusebio in the distance. Inscribed throughout and dated ‘6 January 1845’, brown ink and wash, 18 x 37 cm (7 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.) Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Italian Lanscape (1840)

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Italian landscape. Signed and dated 1840. Pencil 24.1 x 36.9 cm. (9 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.) Provenance With Spink, London. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Honister from near Buttermere (1836)

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Honister from near Buttermere. Inscribed and dated ’27 Sept 1836′ pencil and black chalk on blue paper. 17.8 x 26 cm. (7 x 10 1/4 in.) Provenance With Spink, London. Lear’s visit to Cumbria in 1836 was one … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Howara (1849)

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edard Lear, Near Ain Howara, Sinai Peninsula. Extensively inscribed, dated ’19 January 1849, 4.30 pm’, pen and ink. 19.7 x 40.2 cm. (7 3/4 x 16 in.) Lear’s first visited Egypt in January 1849, he spent a week in Cairo … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Sailing Barges, Venice (1865)

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sailing Berges, Venice, 1865. Inscribed and dated Venice 24. Nov. 1865 (56) (lr). Ink, watercolor and gouache with traces of pencil on light blue/gray paper. 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm). Provenance Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Waterlily

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Study of a Waterlily. Signed E. Lear (lr). Watercolor on paper. 5 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches. Provenance The Little Gallery, London Ellinor Newsom, sister of the artist Doyle.

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