Tag Archives: Edward Lear

Another Owl, Another Pussy-cat

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

“They call that thing a cat owl. Humph! It may have resembled one of my family before it was stuffed. But now — well — “I’ll leave it to anybody; does that bundle of hay and feathers look anything like … Continue reading →

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Who is Karel Drofnatski?

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

I first came across Karel Drofnatski’s name when reading a review of Bryn Terfel’s CD Silent Noon (DG 000289 477 5336 0, 2004) which includes arrangements of Edward Lear’s “There was an old man with a nose” (“The Aquiline Snub”) … Continue reading →

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Lear on Facebook

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

I did not know Edward Lear had a Facebook profile until Benjamin Charavner emailed me. On the other hand, who hasn’t one nowadays? I find the music there stangely meloobious.

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The French Princedom

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

It is well known that Edward Lear gave painting lessons to Queen Victoria and was never forgotten by the royal family. The Prince of Wales, for instance, visited his studio while in Rome in 1859 and Lear sounds relieved after … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Letters at the Glamorgan Archives

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

A group of important documents from the Aberdare family, previously on loan, have been permanently acquired by the Glamorgan Archives. These include a number of letters from Edward Lear to Henry Bruce and his wife, Arabella Beadon. One of these … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and G.F. Bowen

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

Lear first met George Fergusson Bowen in Rome in 1847, accepted his invitation to visit Corfu, and even considered the possibility of taking a post at the University of Corfu. In a letter to Ann during his first visit to … Continue reading →

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Non-Limericks 1: W.M. Thackeray

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Marco Graziosi

In his recent book on the Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), David Kunzle also discusses British parallels to the Genevan inventor of comics; among them a special section is devoted to William … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in The Beano

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Marco Graziosi

Lew Stringer posts on Hunt Emerson’s comic strip adaptation of Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat.” If anyone has scans of the complete three-page story I would be interested in getting them (I can’t find The Beano here in … Continue reading →

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