Category Archives: Edward Lear

Nonsense Drolleries

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Some time ago I placed William Foster’s illustrations from Nonsense Drolleries. The Owl & the Pussy-cat. The Duck & the Kangaroo. London: Frederick Warne, 1889 in the nonsenselit.org’s picture gallery: their most striking feature, in my opinion, is the fact … Continue reading →

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Lewis Carroll on Edward Lear

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

I mentioned in a previous post that Edward Lear’s copy of Alice in Wonderland is now in the USA, that he discussed the book with Fortescue (though we do not know what he thought of it), and that his circle … Continue reading →

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An Edward Lear Self-Caricature

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Here is a typical Edward Lear caricature self-portrait I saved from an eBay auction a few months ago (starting price was GBP750.00 with an estimate of 1,500-2,000): The speech bubble contains a message to Evelyn Baring, first Earl of Cromer … Continue reading →

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Tomfoolery

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

I have been looking for episodes from the Tomfoolery Show at least since 2002, when I heard of this show largely based on characters created by Edward Lear. While no episode has turned up so far, Ron Kurer’s Toon Tracker … Continue reading →

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A TV Series on Edward Lear

Posted on May 27, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Lear Productions, a division of RS Productions, is filming a three-part TV series on Edward Lear’s travels in Greece and Albania, writer and traveller Rob Horne will follow in the footsteps of Lear. The first programme is ready and the … Continue reading →

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Letters of Edward Lear

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Archive.org has placed online the two early collections of Edward Lear’s letters: Letters of Edward Lear to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, and Frances Countess Waldegrave. Edited by Lady Strachey. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1907 (1909 edition). Later letters of Edward … Continue reading →

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Sweet Owls – Sweeter Pussy-cats

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Lesley of Birds Ahoy! has found these delicious biscuits: The illustration of the package is also very beautiful: The producer has a website, but at the moment no information is available.

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Peter Newell as a Successor to Edward Lear

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, December 1899, vol. C, No. DXCV, “Literary Notes” by John Kendrick Bangs, review of Peter Newell’s Pictures and Rhymes: … Equally individual in the character of his work is Mr. Peter Newell, who has just published … Continue reading →

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The Complete American Owl and Pussy-cat

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

When, about two years ago, I posted about the illustrations to three of Edward Lear’s poems first published in Our Young Folks, I had to omit one of the illustrations for “The Owl and the Pussy-cat” for the simple reason … Continue reading →

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Three Animated Limericks

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

A new Edward Lear animation is available on YouTube, Edward Lear Poetic Stories, in Czech, I think, written and directed by Jana Šobáňová in 2005. That’s as much as I manage to gather. Listening to the sung text it would … Continue reading →

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