Search this site:
Edward Lear
On Lear and Nonsense
- A Very Good Children’s Book (1865)
- Nonsense Verse, &c. (1880)
- Word-Twisting Versus Nonsense (1887)
- Concerning Nonsense (1889)
- Delightful Nonsense (1890)
- G.K. Chesterton, A Defence of Nonsense (1902)
- The Poems in Alice in Wonderland (1903)
- Limericks (1903)
- Ian Malcolm on Edward Lear (1908)
- G.K. Chesterton, Two Kinds of Paradox (1911)
- H. Jackson, Masters of Nonsense (1912)
- H. Hawthorne, Edward Lear (1916)
- G.K. Chesterton, Child Psychology and Nonsense (1921)
- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
- G.K. Chesterton, Both Sides of the Looking-Glass (1933)
- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
- G. Orwell, Nonsense Poetry (1945)
- George Orwell, Funny, But Not Vulgar (1945)
- Michele Sala, Lear’s Nonsense: Beyond Children’s Literature
- More Articles
Twitter Updates
- Three Edward Lear Events nonsenselit.com/2019/11/08/thr… https://t.co/88yewiuJog 6 days ago
- "O Uommibatto": How the Pre-Raphaelites Became Obsessed with the Wombat | Great article with a reference to and a p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- Edward Lear, Capri from Massa (three stages,@1838-1840) nonsenselit.com/2019/10/18/edw… https://t.co/hgf4LoOhMu 3 weeks ago
Categories
- Comics (64)
- Cruikshank (4)
- Dr. Seuss (22)
- Edward Gorey (14)
- Edward Lear (822)
- General (134)
- Gustave Verbeek (27)
- James Thurber (2)
- Lewis Carroll (64)
- Limerick (51)
- Nonsense Lyrics (21)
- Peter Newell (80)
- Podcasts (40)
- Punch (1)
- Uncategorized (16)
- WS Gilbert (1)
Tag Archives: Italy
Edward Lear, Capri from Massa (three stages, 1838-1840)
Edward Lear, Near Massa. First sketch, 22 August 1838. Edward Lear, Capri from near Massa. Second version, 1839. Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear del 1839’ (lower right) and titled (lower left). Pencil, charcoal and watercolour. 43.2 x 26.7cm (17 x 10 1/2in). This … Continue reading
Civitella Gazette
BM 1975,0920.13. ©Trustees of the British Museum Penry Williams, “Civitella Gazette”, view of the Serpentara; a group of artists, including Samuel and Hannah Palmer and Albin Martin, sketching in a landscape. 1839 Pen and brown ink. “Mr. Lear” is the … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Cervo, Imperia, Italy (1882)
Edward Lear, Cervo, Imperia, Italy. Signed with monogram and dated ‘1882’ (lower right) and inscribed and dated ‘Cérvo./ 27 Decbr. 1881′ (lower left). Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour. 10 7/8 x 21 in. (27.7 x 53.4 cm.) Provenance Francis … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Lago di Nemi
Edward Lear, Lago di Nemi. Pencil. Inscribed with colour notes by the artist. Exhibited Agnews. Abbot and Holder.
Midsummer Readings
Jagger, Jasmine. “Lear’s Tears.” Victorian Poetry 57.1 (2019). 101-129. And: Jagger, Jasmine. “The Endlessness of Alice.” The Cambridge Quarterly 45.1 (2016). 91-97. Caniglia, Maria Rossana, and Maria Concetta Fiorillo. “Disegno e narrazione in alcune vedute calabresi di Edward Lear.” ArcHistoR EXTRA … Continue reading
Posted in Edward Lear, General, Limerick
Tagged Edward Lear, essays, Italy, landscape, travel, watercolours
Leave a comment
Edward Lear, Two Pictures of Monte Generoso (1881-82)
Edward Lear, Mount Generoso – a “Bella Vista.” Inscribed with title and dated l.l.: 5.30 pm/9 Sept 1881. Pen and sepia ink, 10 by 17 cm. Harry Moore-Gwyn. Edward Lear, Monte Generoso. Inscribed and dated in ink l.r.: M.Generoso/5 pm/15 July 1882and … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Castle with a Waterfall
Edward Lear, Castle by a waterfall with a mountain beyond. Heightened watercolour and black chalk, mounted unframed, 11.5cm x 7.5cm. Provenance Christie’s 6/12/2008 lot 181. The Saleroom.
