Edward LearRegno Unito, 1812–1888Gezicht op Palaiokastritsa
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- Fonte
- Il museo
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- RP-P-2018-1843
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In catalogo
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- Rijksmuseum
- Immagine: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Edward Lear
Tutta la vita1846
“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.
1848–1849
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.
1849
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.
aged 49 (1861 – 1862)
The death of his sister Ann, who had been a mother to him
Ann, who had raised Edward and acted as a mother to him until her death, died when he was almost 50 years old.
1871
A collection of nonsense songs, stories and alphabets appears
In 1871 Lear published Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, which included the nonsense song “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat”, written for the children of his patron Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby.
29 gennaio 1888
Died
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