See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)

LEAR (1812-1888)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English artist and humorist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 12th of May 1812 . His earliest drawings were ornithological . When he was twenty years old he published a brilliantly coloured selection of the rarer Psittacidae . Its See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power attracted the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of the 13th See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby, who employed See also:

• LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888)

Lear to draw his Knowsley See also:

• MENAGERIE

menagerie . He became a permanent favourite with the See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley See also:

• FAMILY

family; and See also:

• EDWARD

Edward, 15th earl, was the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child for whose amusement the first See also:

• BOOK

Book of Nonsense was composed . From birds Lear turned to landscape, his earlier efforts in which recall the manner of J . D . See also:

• HARDING, CHESTER (1792-1866)
• HARDING, JAMES DUFFIELD (1798-1863)

Harding; but he quickly acquired a more individual See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . About 1837 he set up a studio at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he lived for ten years, with summer See also:

• TOURS

tours in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, and occasional visits to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . During this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he began to publish his Illustrated See also:

• JOURNALS

Journals of a Landscape Painter: charmingly written reminiscences of wandering, which ultimately embraced See also:

• CALABRIA

Calabria, the Abruzzi, See also:

• ALBANIA

Albania, See also:

• CORSICA (Fr. Corse)

Corsica, &c . From 1848-1849 he explored See also:

• GREECE

Greece, See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, the Ionian Islands, See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, the wildest recesses of Albania, and the See also:

• DESERT

desert of See also:

• SINAI

Sinai . He returned to London, but the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate did not suit him .

In 1854-1855 he wintered on the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, and migrated successively to See also:

• CORFU (anc. and mod. Gr. KEpKvpa or Kopiupa, Lat. Corcyra)

Corfu, See also:

• MALTA
• MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

Malta and Rome, finally See also:

• BUILDING

building himself a See also:

• VILLA

villa at See also:

• SAN

San Remo . From Corfu Lear visited See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• ATHOS (Gr. "Aytov "Opos; Turk. Aineros; Ital. Monte Santo)

Athos, See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, and See also:

• PETRA (r)

Petra; and when over sixty, by the assistance of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• NORTHBROOK, THOMAS GEORGE BARING, 1ST EARL OF (1826-1904)

Northbrook, then Govenor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General, he saw the cities and scenery of greatest See also:

• INTEREST

interest within a large See also:

• AREA

area of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . From first to last he was, in whatever circumstances of difficulty or See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health, an indomitable traveller . Before visiting new lands he studied their See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography and literature, and then went straight for the See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark; and wherever he went he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew most indefatigably and most accurately . His sketches are not only the basis of more finished See also:

• WORKS

works, but an exhaustive See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record in themselves . Some defect of technique or eyesight occasionally See also:

• LEFT

left his larger oil See also:

• PAINTING

painting, though nobly conceived, crude or deficient in See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony; but his smaller pictures and more elaborate sketches abound in beauty, delicacy, and truth . Lear modestly called himself a topographical artist; but he included in the See also:

• TERM

term the perfect rendering of all characteristic See also:

• GRACES, THE, (Gr. X&panes, Lat. Gratiae)

graces of See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere . The last task he set himself was to prepare for popular circulation a set of some 200 drawings, illustrating from his travels the scenic touches of See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson's See also:

• POETRY

poetry; but he did not live to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme, dying at San Remo on the 3oth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1888 . Until sobered by See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, his conversation was brimful of humorous fun . The paradoxical originality and ostentatiously uneducated draughtsmanship of his numerous nonsense books won him a more universal fame than his serious See also:

• WORK

work . He had a true artist's sympathy with See also:

• ART

art under all forms, and might have become a skilled musician had he not been a painter . Swainson, the naturalist, praised See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Lear's See also:

• GREAT

great red and yellow See also:

• MACAW

macaw as " equalling any figure ever painted by See also:

• AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1780-1851)

Audubon in See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace of See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, See also:

• PERSPECTIVE (Lat. peespicere, to see through)

perspective, and anatomical accuracy." See also:

• MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison, examining his sketches, complimented them as rigorously embodying See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological truth .

Tennyson's lines " To E.L. on his Travels in Greece," mark the poet's genuine admiration of a cognate spirit in classical art . See also:

• RUSKIN, JOHN (1819-1goo)

Ruskin placed the Book of Nonsense first in the See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred delectable volumes of contemporary literature, a See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment endorsed by English-speaking See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children all over the See also:

• WORLD

world . See Letters of Edward Lear to See also:

• CHICHESTER

Chichester See also:

• FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN (c. 1394-c. 1476)
• FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN (c. 1531-1607)

Fortescue, Lord Carling See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

ford, and Frances, Countess See also:

• WALDEGRAVE

Waldegrave (1907), edited by See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• STRACHEY, SIR JOHN (1823—1907)
• STRACHEY, SIR RICHARD (1817-1908)

Strachey, with an introduction by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Strachey . (F .