Edward Lear

Edward Lear Edward Lear, an English landscape painter best known for penning an original kind of foolish verse and  Edward Lear, an English landscape painter best known for penning an original kind of foolish verse and promoting the limerick, was born in High gate, near London, England, on May 12, 1812, and died in San Remo, Italy, on January 29, 1888. His nonsense poetry, which uses nonsense words to portray a world of strange animals and usually implies a deeper underpinning of melancholy, demonstrates his true ability. His fascinating pen-and-ink sketches are of a similar grade to theirs, especially in...
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