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Lear Edward
(1812—1888)
Poems for children

English humorist and artist. At 19 he was employed as a draftsman by the London Zoological Society; the paintings of birds that he produced for The Family of the Psittacidae (1832) were among the first color plates of animals ever published in Great Britain. Lear is best known for his illustrated limericks and nonsense verse, which were collected in A Book of Nonsense (1846), Nonsense Songs (1871), Laughable Lyrics (1877), and others. He wrote several illustrated journals of his travels through S Europe.

Great Britain, 1988, The Owl and the Pussycat

Great Britain, 1988, Self-portrait of Lear

Great Britain, 1988, Cat

Great Britain, 1988, Girl

Jersey, 2010, A Dong with a Luminous

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, Edinburgh. Apple

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, Edinburgh. Letter B

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, Foss Ramrant, Learmouth. Edward Lear

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, Knowsley. Owl and Cat

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, Liverpool. Sweets

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, London N7. First Day od Issue

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, London. Birthplace of Lear

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, London. Cat

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, London. Edward Lear

Great Britain, 1988.09.06, London. Stampex