Self-portrait by
Edward Lear (1812-88) in a letter to Frances, Countess Waldegrave, in 1860
Edward Lear's death was preceded by that of his 'best friend', his cat 'Fuss' who travelled everywhere with him and was buried in the garden at his villa at San Remo, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, with 'great ceremony'.
"The Death of
Edward Lear" in The New Yorker in 1971.
Highlights depicting views in Egypt by
Edward Lear include An Arab Encampment in the Sinai, near Gebal Serbal, Egypt (estimate: $11,000-15,000) and his View of Philae at Sunset, Egypt, 1854/62 (estimate: $11,000-15,000 shown here),.
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 imagined-.the whole upper part of the mountain is bare and snowy & forms an amphitheatre of heights around a multitude of ravines and vallies[sic] - full of foliage and villages most glorious to see: - and all that descends step by step to the sea beyond!" Beirut, Lebanon is estimated at $16,000-23,000.
Topics range from Gladstone's anxiety over troubles in Ireland, Queen Victoria's concern for Bruce's sick child to light-hearted banter from poet and artist
Edward Lear.
However, Tennyson's poetry has less in common with Carroll than with the nonsense of
Edward Lear, whose work G.
First published in 1871, "The Owl and the Pussycat" is one of
Edward Lear's most famous nonsense poems.
He cruised under sail with the specific goal of following in the wake of artist and nonsense poetry writer
Edward Lear (1812-1888) The result is "After You Mr.
Along the way he quotes other travelers, such as Benjamin Disraeli,
Edward Lear, and Lord Byron, on Greek history.
Edward Lear (born on May 12, 1812) certainly had his problems.
In the gallery office, Gottelier laid out several books by artists and satirists that inspire him, including
Edward Lear's Nonsense Omnibus.
