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- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
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- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
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Lydia Karpinska, The owl and the Pussy-cat Dancing
Lydia Karpinska, The Owl and the Pussy-cat. Capturing joy and movement from every angle, this charming intrepretation entitled They danced by the light of the moon, is of course the unmistakable owl and pussy cat of Edward Lear. This piece … Continue reading
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Edward Lear and Kleptomania
Edward Lear Was haunted by a fear While travelling in Albania Of contracting kleptomania. W.H. Auden, Academic Graffiti (1971). More here. I just learned about this clerihew from the latest issue of the TLS.
Meeting Edward Lear in Heaven
She wears a retro dress, the waist nipped small now that the tumors don’t bulge, a skirt that swirls, and dangling red earrings. Time’s different there and just this second she’s spotted the tall man excusing himself from Auden and … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Priest Cimara (1848)
Edward Lear, Priest Cimara (from the Village of Dragiates) 1848. Pencil on paper; titled lower left and dated “Oct 25, 1848” lower right. Sheet 8.25 x 6.5 in — 21 x 16.5 cm; 5.5 x 8.5 in — 14 x … Continue reading
Edwarad Lear, Italian Lady
Edward Lear, Portrait of a lady in traditional Italian dress, seated with lake beyond [recto]; Head study and inscription in pencil [verso]. Watercolor over pencil. Dated Jan. 17th, 1838, unsigned. 227 x 140 mm. (8.75″ x 5.5″), inscribed verso “14/ upright/ … Continue reading
Edward Lear, Portrait of a Lady in Traditional Italian Dress (1838)
An unusual portrait by Edward Lear. Edward Lear, Portrait of a lady in traditional Italian dress, seated with lake beyond [recto]; Head study and inscription [verso]. Watercolour, over graphite, dated ‘Jan 17th/ 1838′ lower left, 227 x 140 mm. (8 … Continue reading
Caricature Portraits of Edward Lear, Oscar Wilde and A. C. Swinburne
Sheet size: 152 × 176 mm. Presented in a black wooden frame with UV glass. Stamped on verso for publication in the Sunday Telegraph. Pen and ink on wove paper. Caricature portraits of the three artists, drawn as if portraits … Continue reading
Mary Crawford Fraser on Edward Lear
For some reason we were drawn to choose quite a new spot for our villegglatura in the summer of 1870, a retreat in the Maritime Alps, of which till then I had seen very little. I think the train took … Continue reading
And What About Charles?
[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] The 18th son Charles had an interesting story, he became medical Missionary and went to the West coast of Africa, was a great favourite of the Chiefs, and when he nearly died of malaria, … Continue reading
“Twentieth of Twenty-one”: Edward Lear and his Siblings (3)
[Part 1] [Part 2] The Lears were non-conformists and had their children baptized at the Meeting House at Haberdashers’ Hall by Pastor Joseph Brooksbank, and all the children who reached adulthood, except Charles, appear in the “Register of Births and … Continue reading
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