2. Numbered drawings of Crete by Edward Lear 151 - 179 : 18 to 31 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
151 J Bobbi 18/5 6 a.m. 13.0 x 23.5 cm Genn 72 (illus. RF p.85 and FRW 60) FMT 600 Yale 101, probably with Lear 152.
152 J Near Bobbi 18/5 7.30 a.m. 19.5 x 35.0 cm Genn 73 FMT 598 – states this is Lear 150 - and FRW 60, but these relate to 151 above. Yale 101, probably with Lear 151.
153 Messara from Petrokephali to Ag Ioannis 18/5 8.45 p.m.(probably 8.45 a.m.) 13.5 x 23.0 cm Genn 69 FMT 601 – states ‘near Apodoulou’ but location in second column taken from Gennadius card index – ‘Rain’ Yale 102, probably with Lear 154 or possibly with Lear 151 and 152.
154 J Paximadi 18/5 2.45 p.m. 14.0 x 23.0 Genn 70 Yale 102, probably with Lear 153.
155 J Apodoulo 19/5 5.30 a.m. 22.0 x 32.0 cm Genn 5, names of two figures :’Phanourios’, ‘Alexandros’ (illus. Thess 74) FMT 602 – exhib. ATH no.46 Probably Yale 103, possibly with Lear 156.
156 Possibly Psiloritis from Arkadi as this is the title on Yale 103. No other details found
157 J Arkadi Monastery 20/5 6 a.m. 21.0 x 31.5 cm & 19.0 x 18.5 cm Genn 17 and 18, buff paper, drawing across two pieces. FMT 603 – exhib. ATH no.47 – Greek text and script ‘Velanithi’ (acorns) Yale 104.
158 Perivolia, Rethymnos 20/5 3.30 p.m. 14.0 x 23.0 In collection of Prof. R.M.Dawkins, and gifted by him in 1937 to the present owner’s family
159 J Machairi, Apokorona 22/5 6 a.m. 18.0 x 32.0 cm Genn 60 FMT 607 – exhib. ATH no.50 – ‘lovely lilac cistus and myrthle’ Yale 105
160 J Suda Bay 24/5 5 a.m. 35.0 x 50.5 cm Genn 89 (illus. RF p.96 and FRW 65; included in National Bank of Crete calendar 1966) Numbered 164 on drawing FMT 609 pl.354 – exhib. ATH no.49 – ‘Athos pale – the Melipotamos hill very pale. Immensely bright clearly pure’ Yale 106.
161 J Apokorona 24/5 8 a.m. 36.0 x 55.5 cm Genn 7 (illus.RF p.97 and FRW 66) Numbered 160, crossed through and 161 substituted on drawing FMT 610 pl.355 – exhib. ATH no.52 Yale 107.
162 J Apokorona 24/5 9 a.m. 36.0 x 54.5 cm Genn 8, buff paper (illus. FRW 67) FMT 611 pl.356. White Mountains ? Yale 108.
163 J Apokorona 24/5 9.30 a.m. 37.5 x 54.5 cm Genn 9, buff paper (illus. RF p.97). FMT 612 – ‘large olives meadows Neochori’ - shows as 162 Yale 109.
164 Aptera 24/5 1 p.m. 35.0 x 53.5 cm Genn 16, buff paper Numbered 163, corrected to 164 FMT 613 – ‘ from the Khan in the plain of Apokorona – dark stream – banx all green’ Yale 110.
165 Apokorona, Stylos 24/5 lunch 11.30 a.m. 20.0 x 30.5 cm Genn 88 (illus. RF p.98) ‘Quails rest, and are always here’ FMT 614 – ‘froggs’ in Greek script Yale 111.
166 J Mount Ida from Fre 24/5 6 p.m. 35.0 x 55.5 cm Genn 40 (illus. RF p.99) FMT 615 – exhib. ATH no.54 Yale 112.
167 J (see Pictures) Psiloritis from Fre 25/5 4.30 a.m. 34.0 x 52.0 cm Genn 41 (illus. RF p.101, FRW 68 and Thess 76; included in National Bank of Crete calendar 1966) FMT 617 pl.357 – ‘before sunrise’ Yale 113.
168 J (see Pictures) Psiloritis from Phre 24/5 7 p.m. 21.5 x 32.0 cm British Museum, reg.no. 1929,0611.65, (illus. RF p.100), donated 1929 by Craddock & Barnard from collection of Sir Franklin Lushington; exhibited May to August 2012 in British Museum Lear bicentenary display. FMT 616 – ‘rox – prinari’.Journal : ‘… the view of Ida is by far the best I have yet seen, and truly fine’ Yale 114, possibly with Lear 169.
169 Probably Phre.Dame Joan Evans owned a view made in Phre and including one figure. Possibly no.27 from List 3, View of Mount Ida from ascent to the Sphakia mountains, undated. Yale 114, possibly with Lear 168.
170 J Machairas, Apokoronas 25/5 7 a.m. 35.5 x 54.5 cm Genn 61, buff paper FMT 618 – exhib. ATH no.56 Yale 115.
171 J Machairas, Apokorona 25/5 8 a.m. 37.5 x 54.0 cm Genn 62, buff paper FMT 619 – cream paper - exhib. ATH no.57 Yale 116.
172 J Apokorona 25/5 11 a.m. 34.5 x 53.0 cm Genn 10 FMT 620 – brown paper – exhib. ATH no.58 – ‘ oleander in bloom – river dry now’ Yale 117.
173 J Khanea 26/5 4.30 p.m. 13.5 x 21.0 cm Genn 21 FMT 621 – brown paper Harbour and mosque Yale - not identified on list, possibly sharing another mount but not in date order.
174 J Khanea 26/5 4 p.m. 34.5 x 54 cm Genn 20, buff paper (illus. Thess 77, also exhib. Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts 1968, cat. 46; included in National Bank of Crete calendar 1966) Arab and blacks village/encampment on outskirts of Chania; in foreground two small figures and inscr. ‘There was a young person of Crete whose toilet was far from complete’ (extract from Nonsense Poems). FMT 622 – brown paper - exhib. ATH no.59 Yale 118.
175 J Khanea 27/5 5-6 p.m. 34.0 x 54.0 cm Genn 22, buff paper (illus. FRW 69 and Thess 78) FMT 623 pl.358 – ‘Hills purply gray russet greeny. Green cum mallows’ - White Mountains ? Yale 119.
176 J Khanea 28/5 5.30-6 p.m. 36.0 x 55.0 cm Genn 23 (illus. RF p.103, FRW 70 and Thess 79; included in National Bank of Crete calendar 1966) FMT 624 pl.359 – cream paper - ‘Catch gold light grass and asphodel – All the distance is very pale blue-grey fern (?) not dark not red – Stem of olives, indigo Ind. Red & oker very dark’ Yale 120.
177 Khanea Khalepa 28/5 6 p.m. 23.0 x 32.0 cm & 21.5 x 15.5 cm Genn 24 (1, 2) FMT 625 – two pieces – exhib. ATH no.62 Yale 121.
178 Khanea, from the ‘Persia’ 31/5 4 a.m. 8.5 x 25.0 cm Genn 25 (illus. RF p.104) FMT 627 Yale 122.
179 Ida and Akroteri, on board the Persia 31/5 8 a.m. 7.0 x 29.5 cm Genn 42, ‘On board the Persia’ FMT 628 – ‘quiet gray purple’ Yale 123.
