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1841
Publication
“Views in Rome and its Environs” is published
In 1841 Lear’s book Views in Rome and its Environs was published.
1842
Travel
A journey through Italy, from Lazio to Sicily
In 1842 Lear began a journey through the Italian peninsula, travelling through Lazio, Rome, Abruzzo, Molise, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily; in notes and drawings he gathered his impressions of the Italian way of life, folk traditions and the beauty of the ancient monuments.
- Segesta1842
- Ear of Dionysius1842
1843
Travel
Abruzzo along the old shepherds’ track
In 1843 Lear visited Abruzzo: along an old sheep track of the shepherds he went through the Marsica (Celano, Avezzano, Alba Fucens, Trasacco) and the plateau of Cinque Miglia (Castel di Sangro, Alfedena). He sketched the medieval village of Albe with Mount Sirente, described Celano with the Piccolomini castle dominating the plain of Lake Fucino, and noted the winter stillness of the mountains at Castel di Sangro.
1846
Publication
“A Book of Nonsense” is published
In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularise the form and the genre of literary nonsense.
Publication
Two books of 1846: Italy and the Knowsley menagerie
The same year, 1846, saw the publication of Illustrated Excursions in Italy, a fruit of his Italian journeys, and Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall.
1847
Travel
A journey through Calabria
In 1847 Lear travelled to southern Italy, to Calabria; he described his itinerary among breathtaking landscapes and often surreal characters in Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, whose Calabria section is thought to be among the best of his travel literature.
- Mount Etna, Sicily21/06/1847
1848
Travel · 1848–1849 · Albania, Greece, Egypt
Albania, Macedonia, Egypt and Greece
In 1848–49 Lear visited Albania, Vardar Macedonia, Egypt (all then part of the Ottoman Empire) and Greece. On the way he produced large quantities of coloured wash drawings, which he later converted in his studio into oil and watercolour paintings and into prints for his books.
Artwork
Draws Mount Timohorit in Albania
In 1848, during his Albanian journey, Lear made the drawing “Mount Timohorit, Albania”.
1849
Family
Meets Franklin Lushington on Malta
In 1849 on Malta Lear met the young barrister Franklin Lushington and toured southern Greece with him. It was the most fervent and painful friendship of his life and lasted almost forty years, until Lear’s death; Lushington did not wholly reciprocate his feelings.
Artwork
Creates “A Nonsense Alphabet”, published only in 1926
In 1849 Lear made the text and drawings of A Nonsense Alphabet; they were not published until 1926.