Edward Lear

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Deutsch: Edward Lear (1812-1888) war ein britischer Maler, Illustrator und Schriftsteller.

English: Edward Lear (1812-1888) was a British author and illustrator, especially of natural history subjects.

Español: Edward Lear (1812-1888) escritor, ilustrador y artista británico conocido por sus limericks (poesías humorísticas breves).

Français : Edward Lear (1812-1888) est un un écrivain, un illustrateur et un ornithologue britannique connu pour sa poésie basée sur le non-sens.

Italiano: Edward Lear (1812-1888) è stato un autore ed illustratore inglese, in particolare di soggetti storici e paesaggistici. Ha lasciato dei libri di viaggio sul sud Italia.

日本語: エドワード・リア(1812-1888):イギリスの画家・作家

Edward Lear (1812–1888)

	Alternative names	Derry Down Derry; Eduard Liri; Lear
	Description	English artist, author and poet
	Date of birth/death	12 May 1812	29 January 1888
	Location of birth/death	English: Holloway, London, England.	English: Sanremo, Italy.
	Authority file	: Q309759 VIAF: 36920855 ISNI: 0000 0001 2100 6493 ULAN: 500016261 LCCN: n79084245 NLA: 35296076 MusicBrainz: cf40c5c8-66a2-43fc-a2f2-e5c1619eab2f WGA: l/lear Open Library: OL6433633A DBNL: lear001 Oxford Dict.: 16247 GND: 118779095 SELIBR: 242463 SUDOC: 02697536X BNF: 11911831s NDL: 00447119 BIBSYS: 90341419 NKC: jn19990004931 BNE: XX1643627 CiNii: DA02329743 NLP: a0000003118714 RKD: 48629 J9U: 987007298345905171 Koninklijke: 068611889 NLK: KAC200508622 WorldCat

Portraits[edit]

Portrait by Wilhelm Marstrand, 1840

Bird Illustrations[edit]

Ara macao
Psitteuteles versicolor
Psitteuteles versicolor
Vini kuhlii
Vini kuhlii
Columba palumbus
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Ciconia maguari
Anodorhynchus leari
Collared parrakeet Psittacula torquata
Black-collared Loverbird Agapornis swindernianus
Abyssinian Lovebird Agapornis taranta
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
Capercaille Tetrao urogallus

Turtle illustrations[edit]

Tortoise litograph, ca 1836
Chelonoidis denticulata
Tortoise litograph, ca 1836

Landscape Paintings[edit]

Reggio Calabria
Civita Castellana, 1844
Masada (or Sebbeh) on the Dead Sea, 1858
Petra wadi bushes, sketch, 1858
Petra wadi bushes, 1858
Petra, 1859
Nuneham, 1860
The Pyramids Road, Gizah, 1873

A Book of Nonsense I (1846)[edit]

The Owl and the Pussycat (A Book of Nonsense II, 1871)[edit]

Nonsense Book II (1871)
Nonsense Book II (1871)
Nonsense Book II (1871)
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat

The Jumbies

More Nonsense (A Book of Nonsense III, 1872)[edit]

Cover for A Book of Nonsense (James Miller edition, ca 1875)
No. 01
No. 02
No. 03
No. 04
No. 05
No. 06
No. 07
No. 08
No. 09
No. 10
No. 11
No. 12
No. 13
No. 14
No. 15
No. 16
No. 17
No. 18
No. 19
No. 20
No. 21
No. 22
No. 81
No. 82
No. 83
No. 84
No. 87

Nonsense Botany[edit]

Tickia Orlogica
Tigerlilia Terribilis
Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis
Manypeeplia Upsidownia

Other Nonsense Illustrations[edit]

Dong, ca 1846
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, ca 1846
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, ca 1846
The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly, ca 1871
The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly, ca 1871
The Runcible Spoon, 1872

Edward Lear and His Cat Foss, 1885

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