Category Archives: Edward Lear

Slingsby’s Ode to Nonsense

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Ode to Nonsense, the first opera devoted to Edward Lear’s life, will premiere at Her Majesty’s Theatre on 26 April, and will be on until 4 May. You should watch the Making-of videos on Vimeo (Episode 1, Episode 2), as … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s 1863 Tour of the Ionian Islands

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

In the spring of 1863, just before the Ionian Islands were ceded to Greece, Edward Lear started a tour of the seven islands which would result in a book of lithographs, Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, published in December of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Romulus and Remus

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

The following is another picture story available from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, where you will find higher resolution scans. It is the incomplete (or unfinished) companion to Edward Lear’s other Roman history: The Tragical Life and Death of … Continue reading →

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Mr Lear Recovers his Hat

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

I have updated the Manuscripts page with information on the Edward Lear material available at the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library. Among the many items which are also part of the Beinecke Digital Collections are at least three picture … Continue reading →

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More Edward Lear Manuscripts from Houghton

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Houghton Library is proceeding with the digitization of their Edward Lear manuscript holdings, and a few days ago a new resource was made available: Edward Lear Landscape Drawings, 1838-1884. The document contains over 3,500 links to good-resolution scans of Lear’s … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Greek Journals

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

The journals Edward Lear kept before 1858 are lost. Though we know that in 1885 he still had “60 volumes of Diaries” (letter to Fortescue, 30 April 1885, Selected Letters, p. 269), these were destroyed or distributed among Lear’s friends by … Continue reading →

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A New Edward Lear Exhibition

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

I have not even finished posting material from the bicentenary year (see below) and a new exhibition opens: Edward Lear and his Contemporaries will be open from 21 January to 15 February 2013 at the World Land Trust Gallery, Blyth House, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Paxos

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

  Edward Lear, Paxos. Dated and numbered ’5.45 April 8./1863/(21)’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘The campanile is only very faintly seen at times,/through the veil of olives. It is ochkry [sic] w_ gy.’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed in Greek … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Ithaca

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Edward Lear, Ithaca. Inscribed and dated ‘Ithaca/30.April. 1863/4.30. P.M.’ and further inscribed in Greek (lower left) and numbered ‘(105)’ (lower right) and extensively inscribed with color notes. Pencil, pen and black ink and watercolor. 14¼ x 20½ in. (36.2 x 52.1 … Continue reading →

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The Akond Illustrated

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

Several months ago Amit Sheokand sent me the image below, showing manuscript illustrations for Edward Lear’s The Akond of Swat: It is from a diary by one Ellen Burchett and has autographs by various people from 1923-1930. Amit, whowould like more … Continue reading →

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