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Edward Lear

  1812 – 1888
 
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Civitella di Subiaco

Civitella di Subiaco   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate greyish-yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

£280


Rome from Via della Porta San Paolo

Rome from Via della Porta San Paolo   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

£360


Collepardo

Collepardo   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

£260


Valmontone

Valmontone   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

£265


Rocca Giovane

Rocca Giovane   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate greyish-yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

£260


Cervara sold

Cervara   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with warm yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Olevano sold

Olevano   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Bracciano sold

Bracciano   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Lake of Nemi sold

Lake of Nemi   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with warm yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Via Porta Pinciana, Rome sold

Via Porta Pinciana, Rome   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Rome from Monte Pincio sold

Rome from Monte Pincio   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression, as issued in the first and largest of Edward Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Rome from above Porta Portese sold

Rome from above Porta Portese   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with warm yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Rome from the Convent of S.S. Giovanni e Paulo sold

Rome from the Convent of S.S. Giovanni e Paulo   1841

Original lithograph.

Very good strong impression, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Campagna of Rome from Villa Mattei sold

Campagna of Rome from Villa Mattei   1841

Original lithograph.

Excellent impression of this expansive landscape, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Tivoli, with Mæcena’s Villa, looking over the Campagna sold

Tivoli, with Mæcena’s Villa, looking over the Campagna   1841

Original lithograph.

Very good impression printed with warm yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Tivoli, with Mæcena’s Villa, looking over the Campagna sold

Tivoli, with Mæcena’s Villa, looking over the Campagna   1841

Original lithograph.

Excellent impression printed with warm yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Tivoli, looking towards the Villa d’Este sold

Tivoli, looking towards the Villa d’Este   1841

Original lithograph.

Exceptionally strong impression with bright contrast, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Girano. Fair of Sant' Anatolia sold

Girano. Fair of Sant' Anatolia   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Subiaco sold

Subiaco   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with pale grey tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Roiate sold

Roiate   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Gennazzano sold

Gennazzano   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with warm yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


L'Ariccia sold

L'Ariccia   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Frascati sold

Frascati   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


San Buci sold

San Buci   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Norba sold

Norba   1841

Original lithograph.

Very good impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Ancient Gate of Alatri sold

Ancient Gate of Alatri   1841

Original lithograph.

Very fine impression printed with delicate yellow tint, as issued in the first and largest of Lear’s published travel sets, Views of Rome and its Environs.

SOLD


Little Egret (Ardea garzetta) sold

Little Egret (Ardea garzetta)   1833/37

Original lithograph, coloured by hand.

Beautiful impression with fresh, delicate hand colouring. First edition, as first issued for John Gould’s The Birds of Europe in 1837.

SOLD

 

Although widely known for his achievements in a variety of fields, Edward Lear was a landscape painter by profession and by the time of his first visit to Rome he was already an accomplished lithographer. It is clear that Edward Lear planned a sumptuous series of original lithographs from his first extended journey to Southern Europe from the outset. Edward Lear travelled throughout Italy, staying primarily in Rome for a period of over four years between 1837 and 1841. During this time he built up a collection of sketches from which these lithographs could be prepared. Upon Edward Lear's return to England he worked these up into elaborate reversed drawings, made directly upon the lithographic stones. He arranged for the printing of these to be handled by C. Hullmandel, probably the most famous lithographic printer of the era.

For each of these prints, a separate tint stone was used. This printed the pale orange-yellow or greyish background tonal tints, which provide the delicate shading and bright highlights for the designs. The final result is far more pleasing and atmospheric than could have been attained using black ink alone, the carefully varied colouration and strength of background tint having added both warmth and beauty to these attractive Mediterranean views. The only edition of these lithographs was issued exclusively to subscribers and was apparently limited to 209 sets. Individual impressions of this nature provide some of the most attractive and affordable works by this great artist. [more]