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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 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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Near Khan, Lebanon

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

Edward Lear, Near Khan, Lebanon. Inscribed and dated ‘Lebanon./17.May.1858./near Khan’ (lower left) and numbered ‘(173)’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘vines and millions of/black pines’ (centre) and further inscribed with colour notes. Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, 13¾ x … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and the Brothers Dalziel

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

So far, Lear has mentioned his nonsense rhymes very little in the Diaries; for instance on 19 September 1860, while at Little Green with the Hornbys, one of the families that most appreciated his nonsense, he writes: I sang nonsense … Continue reading →

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The French Princedom

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

It is well known that Edward Lear gave painting lessons to Queen Victoria and was never forgotten by the royal family. The Prince of Wales, for instance, visited his studio while in Rome in 1859 and Lear sounds relieved after … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and G.F. Bowen

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

Lear first met George Fergusson Bowen in Rome in 1847, accepted his invitation to visit Corfu, and even considered the possibility of taking a post at the University of Corfu. In a letter to Ann during his first visit to … Continue reading →

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