Tag Archives: illustration

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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The Frog and the Heron: A Different Sort of Romance

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

The following poem by Peter Newell,  in Harper’s Young People, vol. XIV, 1893, p. 824,  shows that the theme of interspecies sexual-sentimental relationships would be used at least until the end of the century. Given his choice of a title, … Continue reading →

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The Frog and the Duck: A Romance

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

George du Maurier “took, in 1869-1870, a brief Darwinian respite from his usual labors of satirizing the Victorian drawing room” and, among other things, produced an “unusually extensive and charmingly anthropomorphic picture-story” (Kunzle 293), which appeared in three fortnightly instalments … Continue reading →

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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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A Startling Illusion

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

Harper’s Young People, vol. XIV, 1893, p. 40.

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A Game of Croquet without Rules

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

Published in Harper’s Young People June 30, 1885

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