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
- Edward Lear, Cefalù from Bagheria nonsenselit.com/2018/12/18/edw… https://t.co/NFOFxSdAqg 10 hours ago
- Edward Lear, Priest Cimara (1848) nonsenselit.com/2018/12/17/edw… https://t.co/8nCZtaBNgJ 1 day ago
- Edward Lear’s Moving Lines nonsenselit.com/2018/12/15/edw… https://t.co/FWxckMn2Fq 3 days ago
Categories
- Comics (62)
- Cruikshank (4)
- Dr. Seuss (22)
- Edward Gorey (13)
- Edward Lear (740)
- General (131)
- Gustave Verbeek (27)
- James Thurber (2)
- Lewis Carroll (64)
- Limerick (49)
- Nonsense Lyrics (19)
- Peter Newell (80)
- Podcasts (40)
- Punch (1)
- Uncategorized (14)
- WS Gilbert (1)
Tag Archives: landscape
Edward Lear, Cefalù from Bagheria
Edward Lear, Cefalu from Bagheria, Sicily. Pencil, open and ink. Annotated by the artist. Lear was in Sicily in May 1847. 12×18 inches. Framed: 25.5×20.5 inches. Abbott and Holder.
Edward Lear’s Moving Lines
Jasmine Jagger’s “Moving Lines” on Lear’s relationship to the Tennysons is published in this month’s Apollo, you can download a pdf copy from the Knowing Edward Lear website.
Edward Lear, View of the Roman Campagna (1867)
Edward Lear, A Veiw of the Roman Campagna. Dated ’24 March 1867′ l.l., pencil and pen and ink. 9 x 33cm. Provenance: The Priory, Walsham-le-Willows. The Saleroom.
Edward Lear, Mount Generoso, Switzerland (1881-1882)
Edward Lear, Mount Generoso, Switzerland. Two, both signed and inscribed, one dated ‘5.30pm, 9 Sept. 1881’, the other ‘5pm, 15 July 1882’, pen and brown ink over pencil. 10 x 17cm (2) Provenance: The Tim Wonnacott Collection. The Saleroom.
Posted in Edward Lear
Tagged Edward Lear, landscape, Switzerland, travel, watercolours
Leave a comment
Edward Lear, Terranova, Sicily (1847)
Edward Lear, Terranova, Sicily. Inscribed and and dated ‘June 5 1847’ twice and numbered 105, with further annotations, pen and brown ink over pencil. 21.5 x 34cm Provenance: The Tim Wonnacott Collection. The Saleroom.
Edward Lear, El Koorneh (1854)
Edward Lear, El Koorneh, Egypt. Titled and dated ’19.Feby, 1854′ lower left and with annotations pencil, pen and brown ink and wash on off-white paper 12 x 42.50cm (5 x 17in). Provenance Spink & Son Ltd., 5, 6, 7 King Street, … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Italian Hill-Top Town
Edward Lear, Landscape of an Italian hill-top town. Ca. 1838, unsigned. Pen and black ink, gouache, over pencil, on blue wove paper, 104 x 160 mm. (4″ x 6.25″), inscribed verso “117/ upright/Top,” corners trimmed by the artist, the sheet … Continue reading
