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Edward Lear: The Catalogue of a Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition - Hardcover

 
9780297786351: Edward Lear: The Catalogue of a Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition

Synopsis

Physical description; 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Contents; Edward Lear / Sir Steven Runciman -- From the sublime to the ridiculous / Jeremy Maas -- Lear on art -- The plates -- The catalogue -- Early years -- Natural history -- Early landscape (1834-1848) -- Lear's travels (1848-1888) -- Studio watercolours -- Lear and Tennyson -- Oil paintings -- Illustrated travel books -- Nonsense -- The pelican -- Later memorabilia. Subjects; Lear, Edward, -- (1812-1888) -- Catalogs. Lear, Edward, -- (1812-1888) -- Criticism and interpretation. Genres; Catalogs. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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About the Author

Dr Vivien Noakes, the leading expert on Lear's life and work, has rewritten her classic biography. She was curator of the major exhibition 'Edward Lear, 1812-1888' at the Royal Academy, London and the National Academy of Design, New York. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and previously lecturer at Somerville College, Oxford, her publications include The Painter Edward Lear and Edward Lear: The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense.

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