EL. Landscape Painter and Poet

Davidson, Angus. Edward Lear. Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1812-1888). London: J. Murray, 1938.

Page images for the whole book, the first full-length biography of Edward Lear, are available at the Digital General Collection of the University of Michigan.

TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH [page 1]
  2. BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND LIMERICKS [page 11]
  3. ITALY AND QUEEN VICTORIA [page 25]
  4. ROME; CALABRIA; CORFÙ [page 41]
  5. CONSTANTINOPLE; ALBANIA; GREECE [page 53]
  6. HOLMAN HUNT AND THE TENNYSONS [page 73]
  7. EGYPT; CORFÙ; MOUNT ATHOS [page 89]
  8. JERUSALEM; ADVENTURES AT PETRA [page 105]
  9. ROME, THE BROWNINGS, AND THE PRINCE OF WALES [page 121]
  10. CORFU AND ENGLAND [page 139]
  11. WINTERS AT NICE AND MALTA; ENGLAND AND THOUGHTS OF MARRIAGE [page 155]
  12. EGYPT AND NUBIA; CANNES; CORSICA [page 167]
  13. LEAR AS PAINTER AND POET [page 181]
  14. LIVING AT SAN REMO [page 207]
  15. TOUR IN INDIA AND CEYLON [page 221]
  16. SAN REMO; LAST VISIT TO ENGLAND [page 237]
  17. LAST YEARS AT SAN REMO [page 255]

APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGY [page 271]
APPENDIX II. PUBLISHED WORKS [page 273]
INDEX [page 275]

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