Edward Lear, pen and black ink, grey ink, and grey wash on paper, 9.
A fine view of Beirut in Lebanon was undertaken by
Edward Lear in 1858 and in a letter he commented: "So fine a view I suppose can hardly be imaginedAa.
View of Damascus, Syria was painted during a brief stay by
Edward Lear in 1858 following his visit to Lebanon (estimate: $6,100-9,000).
Among his correspondents are such prominent figures as Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone,
Edward Lear, William Holman Hunt, Anthony Trollope and Queen Victoria.
In an 1852 letter to Emily Tennyson,
Edward Lear included "The lonely moated grange" in a list of scenes, taken from Tennyson's poems, that he planned to illustrate, explaining:
His fascinating career, which began under the tutelage of
Edward Lear and flourished in collaboration with Charles Darwin, provides an insight into Victorian ornithology which was characterised by the unique desire to mimic the natural world in artificial form.
The nine new "50 Best" collections feature work from artists including Priscilla Susan Bury, Jacques Barraband, Mark Catesby, Edward Sheriff Curtis, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, McKenney Hall, Daniel Giraud Elliot,
Edward Lear and a seminal work of Egyptology.
British poet
Edward Lear (1812-1888) is widely recognized as the father of the limerick form of poetry and is well known for his nonsense poems.
He also illustrated editions of books by such notable authors as
Edward Lear, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Roald Dahl, and Mark Strand.
Wells was also a collector and editor of the writings of Walt Whitman and
Edward Lear.
The form, the origins of which are uncertain, was popularized by
Edward Lear in his Book of Nonsense (1846).
This is a delightful version of the limericks from The Complete Nonsense of
Edward Lear.
