Artist: Edward Lear (1818 - 1888)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Edward Lear was an artist and author who is remembered mainly for his poetry. However, he earned his living as a draughtsman and painter. He was first employed by the Zoological Society but when his eyesight began to falter, he switched to topographical painting in watercolor and oil. Lear was also an avid traveler and published several journals of his trips. He finally settled in San Remo, Italy in 1871.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Edward Lear A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear (London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge , [1862]) Book with 113 lithographs and lithographed cover ca. 1862
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Edward Lear *There was an Old Person of Cadiz...,* on page 36 in the book, A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear (London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge,[1862]) Lithograph 1862
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Edward Lear Near Ekhmin (Akhmin) ink and watercolor 1854
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Edward Lear Masada (or Sebbeh) on the Dead Sea oil on canvas 1858
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Edward Lear Solan Gannet lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Capercailzie or Cock of the Wood lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Kite - Milvus vulgaris lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Chough - Fregilis graculus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Gordon Craig For King Lear Wood engraving 1925
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Edward Lear Black Grouse - Tetra Grouse lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Common Buzzard - Buteo vulgaris lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Phalacrocorax Punctatus - Spotted Commorant lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Glaucous Gull - Larus glaucus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Spotted Eagle - Aquila naevia lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Lanner Falcon - Falco lanarius lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear Illustrated Excursions in Italy (London: Thomas M*Lean, 1846) book with lithographs 1846
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Edward Lear Rough-legged Buzzard - Buteo Lagopus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Edward Lear St. Peter's from the Arco Oscuro graphite with opaque watercolor on gray-green wove paper 1842
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Edward Lear Tagliacozzo, plate 1 in the book, Illustrated Excursions in Italy (London: Thomas M*Lean, 1846) lithograph 1846
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Edward Lear Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) book with 22 lithographs 1852
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Edward Lear 19Z opposite page 238 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Catania and Mount Etna, 1847 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888)Oil on board; 12 1/4 x 19
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Lilly Martin Spencer - King Lear n.d. oil on board National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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Benjamin West - King Lear c. 1788 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Edward Lear Stilo, plate 9 opposite page 110 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Canalo, plate 11 opposite page 140 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear San Giorgio, plate 12 opposite page 156 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Palmi, plate 13 opposite page 172 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Rocella, plate 8 opposite page 104 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Ragnara, plate 14 opposite page 174 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Scilla, plate 15 opposite page 176 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Gioisa, plate 10 opposite page 130 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Map of Basilicata..., plate 17 opposite page 209 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Gerace, plate 7 opposite page 92 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Palizzi, plate 4 opposite page 48 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Venosa, plate 21 opposite page 258 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Bova, plate 3 opposite page 36 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Reggio, plate2 opposite page6 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Pentedatilo, plate 16 opposite page 190 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Map of Calabria Ulteriore Prima, first plate and frontispiece in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Forests of Pietrapennata, plate 5 opposite page 56 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear S. Maria di Polsi, plate 6 opposite page 76 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear Castel del Monte, plate 20 opposite page 250 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear - La Piana 1868 watercolor and pen a The Art Institute of Chicago English
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Edward Lear Convent of Monte Vergine, plate 18 opposite page 214 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear San Michele di Monte Voltore, plate 20 opposie page 268 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Edward Lear, English, 1812-1888 Sorrento 1839 black crayon and gouache highlights on faded blue (?)
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Edward Lear, English, 1812-1888 Kalabshe, Nubia on the Nile 19th century Watercolor on heavy wove
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Edward Lear Collar lace 19th century
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Richard Hatfield Lear & Cordelia 19th century
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James Barry King Lear engraving 1776
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John Carter Lear, Act III, Scene III 18th - 19th century
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John Carter Lear, Act III, Scene III 18th - 19th century
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Anker Smith King Lear, Act IV, Scene IIV. 18th - 19th century
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Frances Legat Shakespeare: King Lear. Act V, Scene III color stipple engraving 1792
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William Sharpe King Lear, Act I , Scene II. 18th - 19th century
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William Sharpe King Lear, Act I, Scene II. 18th - 19th century
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John Carter Edgar in King Lear, Act III, Scene III 18th - 19th century
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John Carter Edgar in King Lear, Act III, Scene III 18th - 19th century
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George Noble scene from King Lear? 18th - 19th century
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Edward Lear Collar Mechlin bobbin lace early 19th century
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Luigi Schiavonetti King Lear, Act III, Scene IV. 18th - 19th century
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Charles Taylor Edgar in King Lear, Act III, Scene I 18th century
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Charles Taylor Edmund in King Lear, Act I, Scene II 18th century
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Edward Lear Collar, jabot trim Point de gaze lace 1870 - 1875
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Edward Lear Collar, jabot trim Point de gaze lace 1870 - 1875
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William Sharp Shakespeare: King Lear. Act V, Scene III color stipple engraving 1792
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William Sharp Shakespeare:King Lear, (Act. III, Sc. 4) Color engraving 18th - 19th century
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Alexander Anderson Shakespeare: King Lear wood engraving 18th - 19th century
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William Blake, English, 1757-1827 Lear and Cordelia (Illustration to Shakespeare) about 1780 Pen and watercolor
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William Blake, English, 1757-1827 Cordelia and the Sleeping Lear (Illustration to Shakespeare) about 1780 Pen
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William Blake, English, 1757-1827 Lear Grasping a Sword (Illustration to Shakespeare) about 1780 Pen and
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Benjamin Franklin West, American, 1818-1854 King Lear 1788-1806 Oil on canvas 271.78 x 365.76 cm
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Pieter van der Banck King Edward V, Son Of Edward Iv (1483-deposed) Engraving 17th century
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Pieter van der Banck King Edward III Of Windsor, Son Of Edward Ii (1327-1377) Engraving 17th century
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Pieter van der Banck King Edward II Of Carnarvon, Son Of Edward I (1307-1327) Engraving 17th century
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Edward VI as a Child c. 1538 oil on panel National Gallery of Art German
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Guillim Scrots - Portrait of Edward Vi c. 1551 oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Dutch
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Petrus Christus - Edward Grimston 1446 oil on oak The National Gallery, London Netherlandish
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Thomas Sully - Dr. Edward Hudson 1810 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - Edward Stow c. 1803 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Mrs. Edward Hudson 1814 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Thomas Gainsborough - Edward Swinburne 1785 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Pieter van der Banck King Henry VII, Descendant Of Edward III, Son-in-law Of Edward IV (1485-1509) Engraving 17th century
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Shakespeare - King Lear - Act I Scene I. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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William Morris Hunt - Portrait of Edward Wheelwright 1857 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Graham Sutherland - The Hon. Edward Sackville West 1857-1858 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Joseph Bridge - Edward, 3rd Earl of Powis 1891-1892 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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M.W. Hopkins - Pierrepont Edward Lacey and His Dog, Gun 1835-36 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Pieter van der Banck King Edward IV, Plantagenet, Descendant Of Edward Iii (1461-1470) Deposed (1471-1483) Engraving 17th century
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Thomas Gainsborough - Sir John Edward Swinburne 1785 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Edward Borein Mexican Vaquero Etching 1915
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Edward De Witt Taylor The Quiet Bay Etching 1932
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Edward Borein Navajo Indians at the Water etching 1915
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Richard Leopold Seyffert Jr. Portrait of T. Edward Hanley charcoal with white chalk heightening 1959
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Edward Borein A Bronc Etching 19th - 20th century
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Stephen Slaughter - Portrait of Sir Edward Walpole's Children 1747 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts British
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Edward De Witt Taylor A Farm in the Hills linoleum cut 1930

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Off-Off Broadway: THE OOBRs ARE HERE!
The OOBRs are the brainchild of John Chatterton, publisher and editor of oobr (“the off-off-broadway review”), the only magazine devoted exclusively to reviewing the Off-Off-Broadway theatre season. (The publication’s Web site, at www.oobr.c...
Chekhov Theatre: Chekhov Theatre Ensemble Announces Week-Long Michael Chekhov Acting Intensive

The classes, which develop the psychological values of the body, will be taught by master teachers Joanna Merlin (psychological gesture) and Chekhov Theatre Ensemble artistic director, Floyd Rumohr (basic exercises, text application). The Intensi...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: The 2002 Archibald Prize - Wynne and Sulman Prizes and Dobell Drawing Prize
With the financial support of the Colonial Foundation Trust, the winner of the Archibald Prize receives $35,000, the Wynne Prize for landscape painting $15,000, and the Sulman Prize for subject/genre painting and/or mural work $10,000. The winner...
Harvard University, Arthur M. Sackler Museum: Image and Empire: Picturing India during the Colonial Era
Image and Empire allows a broad examination of the arts and visual culture produced in and about India during the colonial era, said James Cuno, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums. It features works creat...

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