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On Lear and Nonsense
- A Very Good Children’s Book (1865)
- Nonsense Verse, &c. (1880)
- Word-Twisting Versus Nonsense (1887)
- Concerning Nonsense (1889)
- Delightful Nonsense (1890)
- G.K. Chesterton, A Defence of Nonsense (1902)
- The Poems in Alice in Wonderland (1903)
- Limericks (1903)
- Ian Malcolm on Edward Lear (1908)
- G.K. Chesterton, Two Kinds of Paradox (1911)
- H. Jackson, Masters of Nonsense (1912)
- H. Hawthorne, Edward Lear (1916)
- G.K. Chesterton, Child Psychology and Nonsense (1921)
- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
- G.K. Chesterton, Both Sides of the Looking-Glass (1933)
- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
- G. Orwell, Nonsense Poetry (1945)
- George Orwell, Funny, But Not Vulgar (1945)
- Michele Sala, Lear’s Nonsense: Beyond Children’s Literature
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Edward Lear, Bellagio, Lago di Como (1867)
Edward Lear, Bellagio, Lago di Como. Inscribed and dated ‘Lago di Como. Bellagio./ 6.AM. 27th. & 5.PM. 26th May. 1867./ Pinewood very dark. Stems red gray.’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(170)’ (lower right) and further inscribed throughout with colour notes. … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Dendera, Egypt (1867)
Edward Lear, Dendera, Egypt. Inscribed and dated ‘Dendera/ 4.30.PM./ January 15/ 1867’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(173)’ (lower right), and further inscribed with colour notes throughout. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of white on paper. … Continue reading
An Unpublished Limerick (4)
The last of the manuscript limericks does not have a picture. Written in pencil, and in a different hand. There was a young Lady of Tweedle Who in Church sat down on a needle With the calmest of smiles She … Continue reading
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An Unpublished Limerick (3)
The second of the three limericks at the end of the new-found proof copy of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense, second edition. There was a young Person of Ghent Who went out to slide on the Trent The Ice … Continue reading
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An Unpublished Limerick (2)
The first of the three limericks at the end of the new-found proof copy of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense, second edition. Again, the picture looks Learesque to me, but the handwriting does not. There was a young Lady of … Continue reading
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An Unpublished Limerick (1)
Description of the new-found copy of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense, 1855; private collection: [Edward Lear] A Book of Nonsense. Proof copy for the second 1855 edition. Gray 19th-century [original?] cover, no title page, no publishing information. All 73 lithographed … Continue reading
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The Second Edition of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense
Very little is known about the production of the second, one-volume edition of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense: according to Vivien Noakes, it was probably produced in late 1854 and published in 1855 (though other sources date it to … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, View of Varese (1867)
Edward Lear, View of Varese. Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper, 34×99 cm. Titled and dated 6.15 PM May 24, 1867 lower left. Associazione nazionale case d’asta.
Edward Lear, View of Catania (1847)
Edward Lear, View of Catania. China and gouache on paper, 31.8×47.6 cm. Dated Catania 18 June 1847 lower left. Associazione nazionale case d’asta.
Edward Lear, Saint Peter from Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome (1844)
Edward Lear, Saint Peter from Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome. Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper, 18,7×41 cm. Dated March. 15 and other days./ 1844 lower left. Associazione nazionale case d’asta.
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