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Edward Lear, Mount Athos (1857)

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Athos. Black chalk, bodycolour, watercolour on paper. 298mm x 466mm. Lower left; Mt. Athos. Signature; lower left, below the above; Edward Lead del. Date; lower left, below the above; 1857 Verso, mount; MT. ATHO. Rev: W.G.C. Clark … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Selmun Palace, Malta

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Selmun Palace, Malta. Pen and brown ink, watercolour. 103mm x 203mm. On Lear in Malta. The Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Edward Lear, A View of Mendrisio (1878)

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A view of Mendrisio, Switzerland. Inscribed and dated ‘Mendrisio/6 AM, July 3, 1878’ (lower right). Watercolour and ink, unframed. 9 x 15cm (3 9/16 x 5 7/8in). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, The entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice. Inscribed ‘Venice. Nov. 12. [1865?] 7.20.am. (11)’ (lower right). Pencil and watercolour on paper. 6 1/8 x 10 in. (15.5 x 25.4 cm.) Christie’s.

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Edward Lear, Congo Finch

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Congo Finch, Africa. 235 x 189mm., c.1825-30. Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Another Letter to Vincent (with Self-Caricature)

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, ‘I am just 60, & like this’ a fine self-caricature of the aged Edward Lear, soon after completing “the biggest Watercol: drawing I ever been & did”. The recipient, Spencer Vincent (1825-1889), was himself an accomplished amateur artist; a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Tughlaqaqbad Fort, Delhi (1874)

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Tughlaqabad Fort, Delhi. Signed ‘E.Le’ (lower right) and inscribed and dated ‘Tuglukubad.Delhi/March 12 1874’ (lower left). Watercolour over traces of pencil. 11 x 22cm (4 5/16 x 8 11/16in). Lear went on a sketching trip to India in 1873-74 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A Mountain Valley

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A Mountain Valley. Inscribed with various artist’s notes. Pencil and ink, unframed . 33.6 x 53.9cm (13 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Bonhams.

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Two Edward Lear Parrakeets

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Brown’s Parrakeet (c. 1831). Watercolour and pencil on paper. 40 x 29 cm. Plate 20 of Lear’s Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae. Edward Lear, New Holland Parrakeet (c. 1831). Watercolour and pencil on paper. 45.3 x 29 cm. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Nice (1865)

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Nice, France. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil heightened with white; inscribed in ink lower right: Nice. / 2.= 3. P.M. / 8 January 1865 / (18) the 4ground olive section / brown dark – off … Continue reading →

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