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Peter Newell: A Valentine
Harper’s Magazine, vol. 94, issue 562, March 1897, p. 654.
Peter Newell: Cupid’s Top
Harper’s Magazine, vol. 94, issue 562, March 1897, p. 653.
Peter Newell: A Rebuff
Harper’s Magazine, vol. 94, issue 561, February 1897, p. 493.
Santa Claus, Jr.
I thought I would keep this for Christmas, but since Edward Lear’s Diaries are taking so much of my time and I’m working on a long post I’m sure you will love, here comes: “Santa Claus, Jr.” by Wallace Irwin, … Continue reading
The Educated Love Bird
(Not translated from the Italian) by Peter Newell I teach-a da bird an’ a blow-a da ring, An’ ‘e fly into eet an’ ‘e roost an’ ‘e sing! An’ whn-a da ring ‘eet is not-a in sight Da bird ‘e … Continue reading
Peter Newell, Needledee and Needledum
Peter Newell, Needledee and Needledum: A Funnygraph Record by Peter Newell, from The Ladies’ World, April-May 1914.
A Hidden Drawing and a Self-Caricature by Edward Lear
At the end of the month Bonhams will be auctioning three interesting items of leariana. The most surprising is perhaps a letter to Mrs. Digby Wyatt, wife of Matthew Digby Wyatt, “a British architect and art historian who became Secretary … Continue reading
Mccoola’s Limerick Illustrations
Marika Mccoola’s portfolio on CMYK includes several beautiful illustrations for limericks by Edward Lear.
The Day of the Wombat
Peacay of BibliOdyssey posts “some delightful scratchy illustrations from the 1962 book by Ruth Park, ‘The Adventures of the Muddle-headed Wombat’” in honour of Australia Day. So here is my homage. Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s lament for the death of his … Continue reading
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Bye Bye Pussycat
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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