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Edward Lear, Antrodoco (1843)

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Antrodoco, Italy. Inscribed and dated August 14 1843, pen and ink and watercolour. 31cm x 45cm (12in x 17.75in) Provenance David Galleries, New York. This watercolour relates to a lithograph in Lear’s Illustrated Excursions in Italy published in … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Bordighera (1864)

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bordighera, Italy. Inscribed and dated 1864, extensively annotated, pen and ink and coloured wash. 22cm x 33cm (8.5in x 13in) Lear would have arrived in Bordighera, on the French-Italian border, in December 1864, returning from his walking tour … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mountainous Landscape with Cedar

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mountainous Landscape with Cedar. Pen and ink and watercolour. 22cm x 45cm (8.5in x 17.75in). Provenance Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, no.42586. Lyon and Turnbull.

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Edward Lear, Zante

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Zante, Greece (1863?) Inscribed and dated ‘Goats, 26 May, 5.50-6PM’ pen and ink and coloured wash. Provenance Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, London, no.32056. Lyon and Turnbull.

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Edward Lear, View of Bonifacio, Corsica

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, View of Bonifacio, Corsica. Watercolour, Signed with monogram, 4.75″ x 7.25″ (12.1 x 18.4cm). The Saleroom.

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Edward Lear, Petra (1858)

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Petra. Study, label on reverse, no apparent signature. 8-1/2 x 12 inches. Overall framed size 15 x 19 inches. Invaluable.

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Edward Lear, Masada on the Dead Sea (c. 1858)

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Masada on the Dead Sea, circa 1858. Signed with monogram (lower right). Watercolour with touches of bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic. 17 x 37.5cm A larger painting by Lear, depicting the same viewpoint as the present work, is … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece. Pen and ink on paper. h. 12 8 x 21- 20 x 27. MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, St John Lateran and the Claudian Aqueduct, Rome

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, St John Lateran and the Claudian Aqueduct, Rome. Signed with monogram (lower right). Watercolour over traces of pencil, heightened with white. 10.4 x 20.3cm (4 1/8 x 8in). Provenance Collection of Lady Peyton. The Hon. Dorothy Gibbs and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Two views of Rulnapoora, Sri Lanka

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Two views of Rulnapoora, Sri Lanka. Black wash. Each 9.7 by 14.6 cm.; 3 3/4 by 5 3/4 in. MutualArt.

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