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Edward Lear, View of Mount Olympus

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

View of Mount Olympus, Macedonia and Thessaly, near the Gulf of Salonika signed in monogram and dated ‘EL·1864’ (lower right). Oil on panel (Prepared by Charles Roberson 99, Long Acre London) 7 x 11 in. (17.7 x 27.9 cm.). Lear … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Fishermen’s Houses on the Bosphorus (1848)

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Fishermen’s houses on the Bosphorus (recto); A seated figure gazing at a low horizon (verso), signed and dated ‘E. Lear. del./1848.’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Bosforo’ (lower left). Pen and brown ink, watercolor, heightened with white (recto), pencil (verso) 4 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Bocche di Cattaro

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bocche di Cattaro (1866). Aberdeen Art Gallery. Jennifer Melville, Lead Curator of the Aberdeen Art Gallery, will be giving a lunchtime talk on this picture on 30 May 2012, see the Bicentenary Events board for more information. Meanwhile … Continue reading →

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Near Khan, Lebanon

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Near Khan, Lebanon. Inscribed and dated ‘Lebanon./17.May.1858./near Khan’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(173)’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘vines and millions of/black pines’ (centre) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, 13¾ x … Continue reading →

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More Edward Lear Auctions

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

At Belgravia Auction Gallery, with an estimate of €8,000-12,000, Selmun Palace: At Christie’s, for a lousy £1,500-2,000, you can get Lucknow, pen and ink, “signed with monogram and inscribed ’42, Lucknow 8pm.’”

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Geneva and Vevey

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

I have already posted several of Edward Lear’s pictures of Switzerland (1, 2, 3), but so far none from his first visit in 1837 while he was travelling to Italy for the first time. He left London in July and … Continue reading →

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Master Drawings in NY

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

The NY Times reports that the Master Drawings New York 2011 show is in full swing, and features an Edward Lear watercolour of “The Cedars of Lebanon:” Andrew Wyld, a London dealer, among many interesting pictures, has several more Edward … Continue reading →

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View of Wallenstadt See and View of Grütte

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Two more views from Edward Lear’s 1854 tour of Switzerland. View of Wallenstadt See, Switzerland inscribed and dated ‘Wallenstadt See./24 & 25 Sept. 1854’ (lower left) and numbered ‘430’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with colour notes and indistinct inscription … Continue reading →

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Lake Thun with the Schlöss Oberhofen

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Lake Thun with the Schlöss Oberhofen pencil and watercolour on paper 12 3/8 x 10¼ in. (31.4 x 26 cm.) Lear left London for a walking tour of Switzerland on August 1854. On 6 August he wrote to his sister … Continue reading →

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View of Gründelwald, Switzerland

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

View of Gründelwald, Switzerland inscribed and dated ‘Gründelwald/13 Augt and 7. Septr.’ (lower left) and numbered ‘436’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with colour notes and ‘all[?] white misty sky’ (upper left) and identifications of plants including ‘juniper, moss & … Continue reading →

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