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Edward Lear, Karnak on the Nile

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Karnak on the Nile, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘El Karnák/16. Feby. 7AM. 1854’ (lower left) and inscribed and dated again ‘El Karnak./16.Feby.1854./7.a.m.’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and yellow and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Monte Generoso

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Monte Generoso, Switzerland. Inscribed and dated ‘Mte Generoso/10.30.AM/10. August 1878/& 14 August 1878/9.AM.’ (lower left) and extensively inscribed with colour and topographical notes, and numbered ’12’ (verso). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 15¼ x 22 in. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Aswan on the Nile

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Aswan on the Nile, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘Assoan [sic] 10.25. AM. Jany 27. 1867.’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(241)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes and further inscribed ‘lowest’ (on the reverse). Pencil, pen and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Canea, Crete

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Khaneá (or Canea), Crete. Inscribed, numbered and dated ‘…4 P.M./18.April/64/Kanea. [in Greek] Crete (20)’ (lower right) and further inscribed ‘Hoopoes’ (lower left) and variously inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on blue paper. 6 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Taormina

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Taormina, Sicily. Nnumbered ‘158 [crossed out] 165’ (lower left, overmounted) and ‘(165)’ (lower right, overmounted) and further inscribed with colour notes pencil, pen and brown ink and blue and ochre wash on paper. 13 7/8 x 19¾ in. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Sant’Antonio, Malta

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sant’ Antonio, Malta Iinscribed and dated ‘Sant’ Antonio. Malta. 9. AM. March 31. 1866.’ (lower centre) and numbered ‘264’ (lower right) and variously inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with touches of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, St Sabbas the Sanctified

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The monastery of St Sabbas the Sanctified (Mar Saba), near Bethlehem. Nnumbered, inscribed and dated ‘Deir Mar Sabbas./May 1.1858/Deir Mar Sabbas/(127)’ (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Citadel from Ascension

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Distant view of the Citadel from the village of Ascension, Corfu. Signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed and dated ‘Corfu. 1856.’ (lower left). Pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour. 7 x 14¾ in. (17.8 x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and Crete

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Stephen Duckworth has now created a website to supplement his recent article on “Edward Lear and Crete” (New Griffon 12). It provides plenty of information on Lear’s seven-week stay on the island and also contains a section of pictures, as … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, An Arab Encampment at Wady Feiran

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, An Arab Encampment at Wady Feiran. Signed  with  the  monogram  and  dated  1869  lower  right; inscribed Wady  Feiran  lower  left. Watercolour  over  pencil  heightened  with  bodycolour  and  gum  arabic  on  paper, 17.5  by  37cm.,  7  by  14½in. This … Continue reading →

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