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Edward Lear
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British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888)
Edward Lear was a British artist, illustrator, author, and poet who lived from 1812 to 1888. He is remembered for his contributions to multiple creative fields, blending visual and literary talents during the Victorian era.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Highgate
- Place of death
- Sanremo
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- young adult literature
- Genre
- ornithology
- Image
- Edward Lear self-caricature.jpg
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- has works in the collection
- Brooklyn Museum
- Commons gallery
- Edward Lear
- Commons category
- Edward Lear
- date of birth
- 1812-05-12
- date of death
- 1888-01-29
- medical condition
- asthma
- Commons Creator page
- Edward Lear
- owner of
- Foss
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Edward Lear
- ethnic group
- English people
- P8168
- Longuesse
- P12749
- Campo
- described at URL
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBiwsbBxVK0
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Works in European collections
9 objects attributed to Edward Lear, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised but which term he never used.
His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to make illustrations of birds and animals, making coloured drawings during his journeys (which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books) and as a minor illustrator of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poems.
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