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Edward Lear, Luxor

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Luxor, Egypt. Pen, ink, and watercolour with white heightening. Signed (lower left), inscribed (lower right)11 x 18cm (4¼ x 7 in.). Provenance The Fine Art Society, London, September 1954 Dreweatts.  

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Edward Lear, Sacro Monte di Varese (1879)

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Sacro Monte di Varese. Black chalk, pen and brown ink, 275×495 mm. On the recto, lower left, pen and brown ink: “Sacromonte 8. Sept. 1879” Exhibited Edward Lear (1812 – 1888), Il viaggio come avventura estetica, vedute d’Italia, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Coast of Crete, looking towards the village of Perivolia and Mount Ida (Psilortis), 1864

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Coast of Crete, looking towards the village of Perivolia and Mount Ida (Psilortis), 1864. With inscriptions and notes (lower left and right). Pen & ink. 27 x 6.5 cm (10 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) The work is … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A view across Kozhikode (Calicut), Malabar, India

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A view across Kozhikode (Calicut), Malabar, India. Inscribed ‘near Calikut’ (lower left). Watercolour. 10.1 x 19.3cm (4 x 7 5/8in). Bonhams.

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Edward Lear, Two Peacocks

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Two Peacocks. Watercolour on paper. 6 3/4″ x 9″ sheet, 17 3/4″ x 15 3/4″ MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Agia Paraskevi (1857)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Agia Paraskevi. Watercolor over traces of pencil on paper. 13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (34.9 x 49.5 cm.) MutualArt.

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Edward Lear, Cannes

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Cannes. Inscribed ‘the day/was sloping toward his western bower (Mariana) Cannes/France’ (on part of the original mount, affixed to the reverse). Grey wash over pencil. 10 x 15cm (3 15/16 x 5 7/8in). Provenance With Thomas Agnew & … Continue reading →

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Charles Knight / Edward Lear, Civita Castellana (1843)

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Charles Knight / Edward Lear, Civita Castellana. Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Civita Castellana/Edward Lear del July.20.1843.’ (lower left); Signed and inscribed ‘C.Allanton Knight/from E Lear’ (lower right). Pen and ink with brown wash over traces of pencil, heightened with white. … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Bay of Samos, Cephalonia (1863)

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Bay of Samos, Cephalonia. Inscribed and dated ‘Bay of Samos/Cephalonia 2:30pm/3rd May 1863. 2.30pm/124’ (lower right). Watercolour and ink over traces of pencil. 11 x 27cm (4 5/16 x 10 5/8in).

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Edward Lear, Erbalunga, Corsica

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Erbalunga, Corsica. Signed with monogram (lower left). Watercolour over traces of pencil. 27.5 x 45.5cm (10 13/16 x 17 15/16in). Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 21 March 2001, lot 243. Private collection, UK.

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