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Greek landscapes
Mostly know for his nonsense poems (The Owl and the Pussycat), Lear was a prolific and talented watercolourist. He visited Greece in 1848-9, and, both during and after his trip, created numerous sketches and watercolours. These show a variety of Greek landscapes, including the pass of Thermopylae.
You can read more about Lear’s trip to Greece here.
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EDWARD LEAR (1 of 2)
Athens: Three Views of the Acropolis (with Frankish tower still standing), and the Temple of Zeus (with later brickwork still on top).
Mostly know for his nonsense poems (The Owl and the Pussycat), Lear was a prolific and talented watercolourist. He visited Greece in 1848-9, and, both during and after his trip, created numerous sketches and watercolours. These show some views of Athens, around 15yrs after it was instated as the capital of Greece.
You can read more about Lear’s trip to Greece here.
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Selections from The birds of Europe v. 04, by John Gould. Plates drawn from life and on stone by J. and E. Gould and E. Lear.
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Carrion crow. From The birds of Europe v.03, 1837 by John Gould. Plates drawn from life and on stone by J. and E. Gould and E. Lear.
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Blue throated warbler. From The birds of Europe. V.02, by John Gould, 1837.
Plates drawn from life and on stone by J. and E. Gould and E. Lear.
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White headed eagle. From The birds of Europe v.01 by John Gould, 1837. Plates drawn from life and on stone by J. and E. Gould and E. Lear.
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Spoonbill. From The birds of Europe v.04 by John Gould, 1837. Plates drawn from life and on stone by John and Elizabeth Gould and Edward Lear.
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Great spotted cuckoo. From The birds of Europe, v.03, 1837. By John Gould, plates drawn from life and on stone by J. and E. Gould and E. Lear.
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There was an Old Man on whose nose
Most birds of the air could repose;
But they all flew away at the closing of day,
Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.
Limerick from A Book of Nonsense, Edward Lear
(1846)
There’s still a pandemic and the special collections is still closed but that won’t stop us from celebrating Caturday! Here illustrator Barbara Cooney (1917—2000) captured the romance found in Edward Lear’s The Owl & the Pussycat perfectly in our 1961 edition…
