Links to Edward Lear
A good deal of research on Edward Lear's drawings, how many there were on each journey, where they can be seen in public institutions, and research resources on his travels has now been brought together in one of my websites - edwardlearandhis9000drawings.weebly.com
In another website I have examined his process of using drawings to complete finished works, and his studio practice more generally - edwardlearandhisstudiopractice.weebly.com/
This website, Edward Lear and Crete, is one of a series describing and illustrating Lear's travels in Greece.
Links to the others in the series follow.
Lear's projected 'Topography of Greece' - rowenafowler.com/EdwardLear/TopographyGreece
Edward Lear's Grecian Travels 1848 - edwardlear.westminster.org.uk/
The Peloponnese, Attica and Central Greece 1849 - edwardlearandthepeloponnese.weebly.com
Lear in Greece 1856 - rowenafowler.com/EdwardLear/Greece1856
Edward Lear and Mount Athos 1856 - https://edwardlearandmountathos.weebly.com/
Lear in Greece and Albania 1857 - rowenafowler.com/EdwardLear/Greece1857
Corfu and the Ionian Islands - rowenafowler.com/EdwardLear/corfu#1848-April-May
Edward Lear and Crete 1864 (this site) - http://edwardlearandcrete.weebly.com/
The Blog of Bosh website with a wide range of information on Edward Lear and his works can be found at : www.nonsenselit.wordpress.com Some of his diaries have been published on
leardiaries.wordpress.com/about/
There is now an Edward Lear Society formed in 2014. The purpose of the Society is to advance knowledge and education and to preserve and protect all matters in connection with the Heritage, Writings, Work and Art of Edward Lear. Its website is at www.edwardlearsociety.org/
The publication of The Cretan Journal is at http://deniseharveypublisher.gr/books/edward-lear-the-cretan-journal
Copies of the three editions can be found on Biblio, Amazon, etc. The third edition was published in paperback in 2012 with new appendices on the drawings, and details appear on the website above.
Edward Lear's Cretan Drawings is published by the Gennadius Library as an article in New Griffon 12. Details of the full volume are at http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/newsDetails/new-griffon-12-published/ and it is available from the Oxbow Press http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/160486
Institutions with Lear works on Crete :
Note : All the institutions holding Lear's works below have an onsite collection database which shows their Cretan Lears except Iziko in Cape Town, the British School at Athens and the Gennadius Library (December 2018). The links below to the institutions should help with finding details of works held and making contact.
Gennadius Library, Athens - www.ascsa.edu.gr/research/gennadius-library/the-collections/art-and-archaeology
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design - risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection?search_api_fulltext=Lear&field_public_domain=1&field_type=38&field_on_view=&has_images=&a=&op=&page=2
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford - collections.ashmolean.org/
British School at Athens - http://www.bsa.ac.uk/
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh - www.nationalgalleries.org/search/artist/edward-lear
British Museum - http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=Edward+Lear&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=7
Houghton Library, Harvard - hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&op%5B%5D=&q%5B%5D=Edward+Lear&commit=Search++&limit=&field%5B%5D=&from_year%5B%5D=&to_year%5B%5D=
Toledo Museum of Art - emuseum.toledomuseum.org/search/Edward%20Lear
Museum of New Zealand - collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search/Edward%20Lear/results
Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town - http://www.iziko.org.za/static/page/historical-painting-and-sculpture-collections
Getty Center, Los Angeles - https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/search/?view=simple&behaviour=visual&department=Drawings&q=Lear&submit=Search
In another website I have examined his process of using drawings to complete finished works, and his studio practice more generally - edwardlearandhisstudiopractice.weebly.com/
This website, Edward Lear and Crete, is one of a series describing and illustrating Lear's travels in Greece.
Links to the others in the series follow.
Lear's projected 'Topography of Greece' - rowenafowler.com/EdwardLear/TopographyGreece
Edward Lear's Grecian Travels 1848 - edwardlear.westminster.org.uk/
The Peloponnese, Attica and Central Greece 1849 - edwardlearandthepeloponnese.weebly.com
Lear in Greece 1856 - rowenafowler.com/EdwardLear/Greece1856
Edward Lear and Mount Athos 1856 - https://edwardlearandmountathos.weebly.com/
Lear in Greece and Albania 1857 - rowenafowler.com/EdwardLear/Greece1857
Corfu and the Ionian Islands - rowenafowler.com/EdwardLear/corfu#1848-April-May
Edward Lear and Crete 1864 (this site) - http://edwardlearandcrete.weebly.com/
The Blog of Bosh website with a wide range of information on Edward Lear and his works can be found at : www.nonsenselit.wordpress.com Some of his diaries have been published on
leardiaries.wordpress.com/about/
There is now an Edward Lear Society formed in 2014. The purpose of the Society is to advance knowledge and education and to preserve and protect all matters in connection with the Heritage, Writings, Work and Art of Edward Lear. Its website is at www.edwardlearsociety.org/
The publication of The Cretan Journal is at http://deniseharveypublisher.gr/books/edward-lear-the-cretan-journal
Copies of the three editions can be found on Biblio, Amazon, etc. The third edition was published in paperback in 2012 with new appendices on the drawings, and details appear on the website above.
Edward Lear's Cretan Drawings is published by the Gennadius Library as an article in New Griffon 12. Details of the full volume are at http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/newsDetails/new-griffon-12-published/ and it is available from the Oxbow Press http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/160486
Institutions with Lear works on Crete :
Note : All the institutions holding Lear's works below have an onsite collection database which shows their Cretan Lears except Iziko in Cape Town, the British School at Athens and the Gennadius Library (December 2018). The links below to the institutions should help with finding details of works held and making contact.
Gennadius Library, Athens - www.ascsa.edu.gr/research/gennadius-library/the-collections/art-and-archaeology
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design - risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection?search_api_fulltext=Lear&field_public_domain=1&field_type=38&field_on_view=&has_images=&a=&op=&page=2
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford - collections.ashmolean.org/
British School at Athens - http://www.bsa.ac.uk/
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh - www.nationalgalleries.org/search/artist/edward-lear
British Museum - http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=Edward+Lear&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=7
Houghton Library, Harvard - hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&op%5B%5D=&q%5B%5D=Edward+Lear&commit=Search++&limit=&field%5B%5D=&from_year%5B%5D=&to_year%5B%5D=
Toledo Museum of Art - emuseum.toledomuseum.org/search/Edward%20Lear
Museum of New Zealand - collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search/Edward%20Lear/results
Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town - http://www.iziko.org.za/static/page/historical-painting-and-sculpture-collections
Getty Center, Los Angeles - https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/search/?view=simple&behaviour=visual&department=Drawings&q=Lear&submit=Search
