Tag Archives: Edward Lear

View of Gründelwald, Switzerland

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

View of Gründelwald, Switzerland inscribed and dated ‘Gründelwald/13 Augt and 7. Septr.’ (lower left) and numbered ‘436’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with colour notes and ‘all[?] white misty sky’ (upper left) and identifications of plants including ‘juniper, moss & … Continue reading →

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Mr. Lear Show-Case, Some Extracts

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Benjamin Charavner sent out some extracts from the show I mentioned a few weeks ago, Mr. Lear Show-Case; the recording, as he notes, is not high quality, but acceptable: “c’est juste une photo sonore d’un moment qui fut, pour tout … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye Pussycat

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Stevyn Colgan annouces that he is closing down his Runcible Spoon blog, devoted to interpretations of the poems of Edward Lear and posts a best-of selection, as well as a step-by-step illustration of how he did his own version of … Continue reading →

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Lear’s Macaw is no longer Lear’s

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

It is old news, apparently, but I only found out today: the Lear Macaw is now officially to be called the Indigo Macaw, according to this article, reviewing Whose Birds by Bo Boelens and M. Watkins (Yale University Press, 20049).

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Mr Leer, Humpty Dumpty and Finnegan

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

There is an interesting article in the the London Review of Books (vol. 32, no. 24, 16 December 2010), “Quashed Quotatoes,” in which Michael Wood reviews a new edition of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. The opening paragraphs discuss Joyce’s debt … Continue reading →

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The Dong Postcard

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Here is a nice postcard with on of Ivo de Weerd‘s illustrations for Edward Lear’s “The Dong with a Luminous Nose,” I got it from eBay.

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The Pobble Comic

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Lucy Knisley has drawn her own comic strip version of Edward Lear’s “The Pobble Who Has No Toes.” Meanwhile, over at The Guardian, “The Dong with a Luminous Nose” is one of “The Ten Best Noses in Literature.”

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Britain’s Audubon and Edward Lear

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

Booktryst: A Nest for Book Lovers has a beautifully illustrated post on Edward Lear’s difficult relationship with John Gould, “Britain’s Audubon.” The conclusion quotes Lear’s famous reaction when he heard of Gould’s death in 1881: John Gould’s desire to be … Continue reading →

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Mr Lear Show-Case

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

In case you are in Paris for the holidays and want to see an Edward Lear show.

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Lear the Beggar

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

Another letter to Thomas Woolner containing a nice self caricature of Edward Lear begging sandwiched between two views of Palermo. Notice that Lear’s beard is a bit like Garibaldi’s who had conquered Palermo on 6 June. The Expedition of the … Continue reading →

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