2. Numbered drawings of Crete by Edward Lear 101 -150 : 9 to 18 May, 1864
Note : Where Lear refers in his Journal to making one of these drawings, this is shown after the drawing number below byJ Each entry has the following details where available : Lear’s drawing number Location illustrated Date and time of drawing in 1864 Size Present owner, provenance and other notes
101 Mount Ida from the Persia 9/5 3.30 p.m 7.2 x 25.9 cm Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town (purchased) Yale 70 with 103 and possibly 102.
102 Possibly Yale 70 with 101 and 103. No other details found but see also 104
103 Mount Ida from the A.L.Persia Probably 9/5 3.30 p.m. 8.5 x 19 cm Private collection (sold by Fine Art Society 2004, prev. provenance Dott Giorgio Ajmone Marsan, London). Lear has dated the drawing May 31st, but the time of day and numbering which relates well to his Persia voyage from Rethymnon to Heraklion (and to drawing 101) indicate this is an error. Possibly he found the drawing undated after his trip and given the subject description dated it according to his final departure from Crete on the Persia on 31st May. Yale 70 with 101 and possibly 102.
104 J Possibly no.22 from List 2 – Mount Ida from the Persia, 9/5, early evening (from diary)
105 Rethymno 9/5 5.30 p.m. 7.5 x 17.0 cm Genn 34 (II) FMT 559 – ‘wild grand coast’
106 Ida 9/5 4 p.m. 7.5 x 17.0 cm Genn 34 (I) FMT 560
107 J Mount Juktas 9/5 6.30 p.m. 5.5 x 18.0 cm Genn 51 FMT 561 – exhib. ATH no.17
108 Ida 9/5 6.30 p.m. 5.5 x 18.0 cm Genn 35 FMT 562 – described as Mount Juktas
109 J Mount Juktas from the walls of Candia 10/5 34.5 x 54.5 cm Genn 44 FMT 563 – ‘ye wylde phygge’ Yale 73.
110 Psiloritis from Heraklion 10/5 3.30 p.m. 35.5 x 54.0 cm Genn 36 FMT 564 – exhib. ATH no.20 – Greek text in Greek script ‘From the walls of the big fort at Heraklion in Kandia’.
111 J Knossos 11/5 8 a.m. 18.5 x 50.5 cm Genn 57, buff paper (illus. RF p.66 and Thess 68) FMT 568 – exhib. ATH no.24 – Greek/English text in Greek script ‘Many nightingales and asses that is to say donkeys’. Yale 71.
112 J Knossos 11/5 7 a.m. 17.5 x 52.5 cm Genn 58 FMT 569 Yale 72.
113 J Near Megalokastron (Heraklion) 11/5 2.30 p.m. 19.0 x 35.0 cm Genn 64 FMT 570 Yale 75.
114 J No details found. Lear refers in his diary for 11th May to drawing Juktas over the cemetery at 3 p.m.
115 J Ida from Megalokastron 11/5 3.30 p.m. 19.0 x 51.5 cm Genn 37, buff paper FMT 571 Yale 76 (Lushington writes 'Megalocastro = Her(aklion) = Cand(ia)'.
116 Megalokastron 12/5 6 a.m. 18 x 53 cm British School at Athens, Sir Arthur Evans bequest in 1936, previously in John Pendlebury’s office at Knossos. Yale 77.
117 J Megalokastron 10/5 4 p.m. & 12/5 7 a.m. 32.5 x 50.5 cm Genn 65 (illus. RF p.67, FRW 54 and Thess 69; included in National Bank of Crete calendar 1966) FMT 565 pl.343 - cream tinted paper – size stated as 21.6 x 35.0 cms - ‘flox of goates and fat-tailed sheep’ Yale 78.
118 J Juktas from Heraklion 10/5 4.30 p.m. 21.5 x 35.0 cm Genn 43 FMT 566 – exhib. ATH no.2 Yale 79.
119 Megalokastron 10/5 18.0 x 34.0 cm Genn 63 FMT 567 – exhib. ATH no.23 Yale 74 (Lushington title - 'Fortifications of Candia)'.
120 Megalokastron 10 & 12/5 8 a.m. 34 x 54.5 cm Genn 66, buff paper (illus. RF p.69 and Thess 70; included in National Bank of Crete calendar 1966) FMT 572 – brown paper Yale 80.
121 Sillamos (? Salamis) 13/5 2 p.m. 38 x 53 cm British School at Athens, purchased, probably in 1929 or the 1930s. Yale 81.
122 J Mount Juktas 13/5 14.5 x 25.5 cm Genn 45 FMT 573 Yale 82, probably with Lear 123 and 124
123 J Mount Juktas 13/5 2 p.m. 17.0 x 28.0 cm Genn 46 FMT 574 Yale 82, probably with Lear 122 and 124.
124 J Mount Juktas 13/5 3 p.m. 17.5 x 26.0 cm Genn 47 FMT 575 Yale 82, probably with Lear 122 and 123.
125 J Mount Juktas 13/5 6-6.30 & 7 p.m. 37.5 x 54.5 cm Genn 48 FMT 576 – exhib. ATH no.28 – ‘ruins in twilight’ Yale 83.
126 Near Kani Kastelli 14/5 6.45 a.m. 37.5 x 53.0 cm Genn 52, buff paper FMT 578 – exhib. ATH no.30 Yale 85.
126A J Kano Kastelli from Jouktas 14/5 7 a.m. 11.5 x 15.0 cm Genn 53 FMT 577 – exhib. ATH no.29 Yale 84, probably with Lear 126B.
126B J Kani Kastelli from Jouktas 14/5 7 a.m. 17.0 x 25.5 cm Genn 54 FMT 579 – exhib. ATH no.31 Yale 84, probably with Lear 126A.
127 J Mount Juktas 14/5 8 a.m. 36.5 x 54.5cm Genn 49, grey paper (illus. FRW 55) FMT 580 pl.344 – exhib. ATH no.32 Yale 86.
128 Below Kano Kastelli 14/5 1 p.m. 8.0 x 20.0 cm Genn 55 FMT 581 – ‘hallow valley of the Triton’ Yale 87, probably with Lear 129, 130 and 132.
129 Near Kano Kastelli 14/5 1 p.m. 13.5 x 23.0 cm Genn 56 FMT 582 Yale 87, probably with Lear 128, 130 and 132
130 J Daphnes 14/5 4 p.m. 13.0 x 23.0 cm Genn 26 FMT 583 Yale 87, probably with Lear 128, 129 and 132
131 J Daphnes 14/5 p.m. 36.2 x 53.6 cm Genn 27 FMT 584 – exhib. ATH no.33 – ‘’but what a ground of southern vegetation’ Yale 88.
132 Venerato 15/5 6.15 a.m. 15.0 x 26.0 cm Genn 90 (illus. RF p.75) FMT 585 – exhib. ATH no. 35 – ‘sunrise – nightingales !!!’ Yale 87, probably with Lear 128, 129 and 130.
133 Agios Thoma 15/5 2 to 3 p.m. 10.8 x 17.1 Private collection, from Agnew's (listed no.68 with 134 below in Agnew's 130th exhibition catalogue 2003, for sale as pair for £7,500). Yale 89, probably with Lear 134 to 136
134 Agios Thoma 15/5 2.30 p.m. 11.4 x 17.2 cm Private collection, from Agnew's (listed no. 68 with 133 above in Agnew's 130th exhibition catalogue 2003, for sale as pair for £7,500). Yale 89, probably with 133, 135 and 136.
135 No details found but likely to be Agios Thomas and Yale 89, probably with 133, 134 and 136.
136 J (see Pictures) Agios Thomas 15/5 2 p.m. 11.6 x 17.1 cm Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, ID 74.107.38, donated 1974, prev. sold Agnew’s 1956 (exhib. Agnew’s 1956, 83rd Annual Exhibition of Watercolour Drawings; Newport, RI, Newport Art Association 1965, Watercolors by Edward Lear). Yale 89, probably with 133, 134 and 135.
137 No details found
138 J Mount Juktas, the Triton, Kano Kastelli 15/5 8 a.m. 37.0 x 54.5 cm Genn 50, buff paper FMT 586 – exhib. ATH no.34 – ‘view wholly green – Triton below’ Yale 90.
139 J Aghios Thomas 15/5 4.30 p.m. 36.5 x 54 cm Genn 1 (illus. RF p.76, FRW 56 and Thess 71, also exhib. Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts 1968, cat. 45) FMT 587 pl.345 – exhib. ATH no.36 – ‘see Calabria’ Yale 91.
140 J Aghios Thomas 15/5 5.10 p.m. 34.0 x 53.0 cm Genn 2 (illus. FRW 57) FMT 588 pl.346 – exhib. ATH no.37 – (in Greek) ‘these are warblers which sing all the time and live all year with us in the country’. Yale 92.
141 J Aghios Thomas 16/5 5 a.m. 36.5 x 52.5 cm Genn 3, buff paper (illus. RF p.78) FMT 589 – exhib. ATH no.38 – ‘rox-oax-ivy’ Yale 93.
142 J Plain of Messara 16/5 7.45 a.m. 18.5 x 52.5 cm Genn 67, buff paper FMT 590 – exhib. ATH no.39 Yale 94, probably with Lear 143
143 J Gortyna, Agia Deka 16/5 4 p.m. 16.0 x 52.0 cm Genn 30, buff paper FMT 591 – exhib. ATH no.40 Yale 94, probably with Lear 142.
144 J Gortyna 17/5 5 a.m. 35.5 x 53.5 cm Genn 31 (illus. FRW 58 and Thess 72) FMT 592 pl.347 – exhib. ATH no.41 – ‘see Campagna ruins but grayer – Masses of the ruined Theatre – ruined gray walls everywhere. Earwigs !!’ Yale 95.
145 J Gortyna 17/5 6 a.m. 33.0 x 53.0 cm Genn 32, buff paper, ‘rain’ FMT 593 – exhib. ATH no.42 Yale 96.
146 J Gortyna 17/5 7-8 a.m. 33.5 x 50.5cm Genn 33 (illus. RF p.83 and FRW 59; included in National Bank of Crete calendar 1966) FMT 594 – cream paper - exhib. ATH no.43 Yale 97.
147 J Messara 17/5 12.0 x 33.0 cm Genn 68 FMT 595 pl.348 Yale 98.
148 No details found. Possibly with Yale 98.
149 J Mount Ida and the plain of Messara from Bobbi 17/5 5-6 p.m. 36.5 x 54.5 cm Genn 38 buff paper (illus. RF p.84 and Thess 73; included in National Bank of Crete calendar 1966). Lear refers in his journal to Pobia, present day Pombia. FMT 596 – brown paper – exhib. ATH no.44 – ‘stox – pigeons – for Ida see the colour of S. Salvador – rox – dux’ Yale 99.
149A Assumed to exist as 149B does.
149B J Mount Ida 17/5 6 p.m. 7.5 x 29.0 cm Genn 39 FMT 597 Yale 100, probably with Lear 150.
150 J Bobbi 18/5 6 a.m. 12.0 x 23.0 cm Genn 71 FMT 599 – exhib. ATH no.45 – Greek text ‘Cumberlandian colours’ Yale 100, probably with Lear 149B.
