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Edward Lear, Nile Study (1858)

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Nile study. Dated and inscribed ‘Kmm.4 March 1854/9.A M’ (lower right) and further annotations throughout. Pen and ink, heightened with white and wash, unframed. 15.5 x 25cm (6 1/8 x 9 13/16in). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Girgente (1847)

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Girgente, Sicily. Inscribed and dated ‘Girgente June 1. 1847’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(82)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink, blue and ochre wash, on buff paper, 24 7/8 x 19¾ in. (32.2 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and Queen Victoria

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In 1980, Marina Warner published an article on Queen Victoria’s art, which included a short examination of what Edward Lear taught her. Here is the relevant section: Under Albert’s bracing influence, Victoria wanted to improve, and as soon as the … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Wadi Tayibeh (1849)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Wadi Tayibeh. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil; inscribed lower left: Wady [sic] Tayibeh / 1 – past 4 P.M.., dated three times lower right: January 20. 1849.., and further inscribed with artist’s notes. 140 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View Near Monte Rotondo (1840)

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, View Near Monte Rotondo, Italy. Pencil, heightened with stump and white on blue paper; signed lower right: Edward Lear del. and inscribed lower left: near Monte Rotondo. May 26.1840. 150 by 350 mm. This fine drawing was once owned … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Dead Sea, Jordan

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, The Dead Sea, Jordan. Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white; signed with the artist’s monogram lower right. 177 by 375 mm. Lear arrived in Jerusalem in March 1858, travelling on to Petra and then the Dead Sea, which he … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Amphitheatre, Taormina (1842)

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, The Amphitheatre, Taormina, Sicily. Pencil and grey wash, heightened with white, on grey paper; inscribed lower left: Taormina; signed lower right: Edward Lear del.1842. 165 by 250 mm. Lear spent ten weeks exploring Sicily in the spring of 1842. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

  Edward Lear, Santa Maria della Salute from across the Bacino, Venice. Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour; signed with monogram lower left. 115 by 175 mm. The present watercolour dates from Lear’s second trip to Venice in November 1865. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Porto Tre Scoglie (1862)

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Porto Tre Scoglie, Albania. Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour; signed with the artist’s monogram and dated lower left: 1862. 170 by 360 mm. Few foreigners visited Albania in the mid nineteenth century and Lear, who ventured there in 1848 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Junction of Wadis (1849)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Junction of Wadis, Egypt. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over traces of pencil, on wove paper watermarked: Wick / 18; inscribed lower right: 20. “January”. 1849. 1849 [sic] / Junction of Wadys. [sic],  and further inscribed with artists … Continue reading →

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