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Edward Lear (12 May 1812, Holloway – 29 January 1888, Sanremo) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, now known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to illustrate birds and animals; making coloured drawings during his journeys, which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books; as a (minor) illustrator of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poems. As an author, he is known principally for his popular nonsense collections of poems, songs, short stories, botanical drawings, recipes and alphabets. He also composed and published twelve musical settings of Tennyson's poetry in poem.
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Edward Lear View of Jerusalem
1858 -
Edward Lear Philates
1856 -
Edward Lear S. Francesco di Paola
date not known -
Edward Lear The Monastery of Simopetra on Mount Athos
1856 -
Edward Lear Galera
1842 -
Edward Lear Near Calvi
1868 -
Edward Lear The Capitol, from the Forum
?1838 -
Edward Lear S. Maria Marinasco
1860
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Tate Etc. issue 13: Summer 2008
TATE ETC Issue 13 Summer 2008: Visiting and revisiting Art, etcetera; online edition of Tate's magazine -
Extraordinary scenes of beautifully arranged horrible wilderness
British Orientalist Painting
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