Edward Lear: References & Edit History
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Biographies of the artist include Angus Davidson, Edward Lear: Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1812ā1888) (1938, reissued 1968);Vivien Noakes, The Painter, Edward Lear (1991); and Peter Levi, Edward Lear (1995). Learās own writings are available in Edward Lear in Southern Italy: Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria and the Kingdom of Naples (1964; originally published as Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, 1852); and Vivian Noakes (ed.), Edward Lear: Selected Letters (1988). Important studies of Learās art include Philip Hofer, Edward Lear as a Landscape Draughtsman (1967); and Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear, 1812ā1888 (1985). Elizabeth Sewall, The Field of Nonsense (1952), discusses the work of both Lear and his contemporary Lewis Carroll. Ann C. Colley, Edward Lear and the Critics (1993), which includes bibliographic references, gives a critical perspective on the writer and painter.
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Article History
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| Anniversary information added. | May 08, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 25, 2026 | ||
| Added media. | May 17, 2024 | ||
| Revised outdated language and added a new photo. | May 08, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 21, 2024 | ||
| Updated to reflect contemporary spellings. | Mar 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Illustration History - Edward Lear. | Mar 07, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Richard Henry Lee. | Mar 27, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Biography of Edward Lear. | Dec 07, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of Edward Lear. | Dec 07, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Edward Lear. | Dec 07, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academy of American Poets - Biography of Edward Lear. | Dec 07, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: Poets.org - Biography of Edward Lear. |
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| Added new Web site: Edward Lear Home Page. | Jul 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 16, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |