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No More Naps for Polly
In the last episodes of Peter Newell’s The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead the naps disappear, not only from the title: she is now the intended victim of Tom and Dicky’s practical jokes, but she regularly manages to inadvertedly turn the … Continue reading
The Tiny Tads Meet the Piccoloafer and the Magpiano
Gustave Verbeek’s The Terrors of the Tiny Tads strip for 17 September 1913, from the Boston Sunday Post.
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Edward Lear, View of Modica
View of Modica, Sicily. Inscribed and dated ‘Modica/8 June 1867’ (centre right) and with colour notes throughout. Pencil and pen and brown ink. 12 x 18 in. (30.4 x 45.7 cm.) Christie’s.
Edward Lear, Waiee, Bombay Presidency
Edward Lear, Waiee, Bombay Presidency, India. Pencil and grey wash on paper with watermark ‘J WHATMAN/1881’. 15¼ x 22¼in. (39 x 56.5cm.) Probably dating from late 1884 or early 1885, this work is based on an earlier drawing Lear executed … Continue reading
Music and Dance for Edward Lear
If you are in Oxford for the Edward Lear Bicentennial Conference (two days left to register), you might like to attend Nonsense: with Michael Rosen and The Homemade Orchestra at the Story Museum, on 21 September, 6-7.30 pm. An evening … Continue reading
Edward Lear Conference Registration Extended
James Williams has written to say that the cut-off date for registration for the Edward Lear Bicentennial Conference at Jesus College, Oxford on 21 and 22 September has been moved to 14 September. So you have another week to register. … Continue reading
A New Biography of Edward Lear
Pen Press have announced the publication of a new biography of Edward Lear: Pen Press are proud to announce the publication of The Owl and the Pussy Cats: Lear in Love, the Untold Story by Michael Montgomery. Edward Lear (1812-1888) … Continue reading
Latest Bicentenary Events
A few more details are now available on the Royal Society exhibition (Edward Lear and the Scientists) here, note: you’ll have to book your visit in advance. Another exhibition will be opening at the Museum of Art of the Rhode … Continue reading
Peter Newell, Polly and Her Papa
Peter Newell’s strip “The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead” for 22 April 1906.
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