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➡️Le Roi Lear. Les Adieux de Cordélia, 1898.
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911),
peintre américain.

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2020-06-17

Lithographs by from 'Birds of Europe', a large-scale work on European bird-life published in five volumes between 1832-1837. Gould wrote the text & it was illustrated with 448 lavish plates, 68 of these by Lear.

Now in 's Ruskin Collection.

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2020-06-12

“King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1” 1898, Edwin Austin Abbey
“Lady Godiva” 1898, John Collier
Literally anything by John William Waterhouse, but def “Tristan and Isolde” 1916
“Ophelia” 1852, Sir John Everett Millais

Can you tell I’m a hoe for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood or...? https://t.co/oM1owiWjCB

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2020-06-09

“King Lear," Act I, Scene I
1898
Edwin Austin Abbey

What’s your favorite painting? https://t.co/ljdOb3u8eV

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2020-06-06

Leora Lear’s refrence sheet. Awkward by nature, she has trouble to communicate with anyone. Currently working as a research assistant professor.

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2020-06-04

7/? One Artist a Day

I was challenged by
Today, Edward Lear. I was going to do Sargent, but everyone knows him.
I first saw Lear's watercolors of Greece in 1976 at and they blew me away. A strong influence on my desire to do watercolor landscapes

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2020-05-29

Now: "King Lear (Redacted and Reconstructed)," a poem by Julianne Neely , the author of THE BODY BESIDE HERSELF ().

https://t.co/h8t0VOoTUp

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2020-05-27

Happy (Edward Lear's "Owl and the Pussycat" illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke)

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2020-05-14

I've been updating Wikipedia species pages with details of important & type specimens . Its nice when I find info about the specimens is already there, such as the types of the Himalayan Quail which were painted by both Edward Lear, for the description, & John Gould

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2020-05-14

It's

This day is celebrated on the birthday of Edward Lear—born May 12, 1812—who popularized the limerick with his fantastical 1846 book, "Book of Nonsense".

But as a young man, Lear worked for the , and produced ornithological illustrations!

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2020-05-12

WE LOVE POETRY!
National Limerick Day celebrates the birthday of poet Edward Lear! 🎂

Limericks are five lines full of fun and nonsense. Share yours with us today!

Illustration by from written by

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2020-05-12

Lear has been playing animal crossing since he was a child and that's how he avoids stress (and gained his knowledge to create and manage his own island.)
That's not a hc, IT'S A FACT.

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2020-05-04

"King Lear. Act I, Scene I" by Edwin Austin Abbey (1898), at

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2020-05-03

Sketch of the King Lear scene where we see Lear descending into madness. Sam makes some observations about life and decline based on this...#art

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2020-05-01

More Shakespearian themes for this week's
Elizabeth Siddal- 'The Macbeths' (c.1860 Ashmolean)
Julia Margaret Cameron- 'King Lear allotting his Kingdom to his three daughters' (1872) & 'Ophelia' (1875)
Lucy Madox Brown- 'Romeo & Juliet' (1870 Wightwick Manor)

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2020-04-26

I don't even play Pokemon Masters but I really like Lear

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2020-04-10

’The Light Green Bird’ painted by Edward Lear in Northern Italy c1880. View more of Lear’s whimsical birds at:
https://t.co/lIglHAUx1i
via V&A

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2020-04-09

British poet, artist and illustrator, Edward Lear was famous for his literary nonsense. But you might not know that he also painted and studied zoology and ornithology, such as these comic birds during his visit to Italy in 1880. Discover more here: https://t.co/VqelxAWZns

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2020-04-09