URI(s)
Variants
- Derry Down Derry, 1812-1888
- Lir, Eduʼard, 1812-1888
- Liri, Eduard, 1812-1888
- Lēar, Entouarnt, 1812-1888
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1812-05
Death Date
- 1888-01-29
Birth Place
- Holloway (London, England)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Artist
Illustrator
Musician
Author
Poet
Composer
Additional Related Forms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His Nonsense songs ... 1899.
- found: His A book of nonsense, 1846:t.p. (Derry Down Derry)
- found: Mishteh be-khos teh, 1995:t.p. (Eduʼard Lir) t.p. verso (Edward Lear [in rom.])
- found: Eduard Liri, 1997:t.p. (1812-1888)
- found: The table and the chair, 1993:t.p. (Edward Lear) jkt. (b. in London)
- found: Ekthesis ergōn tou Entouarnt Lēar, 1964?
- found: Wikipedia, Jan. 30, 2016(Edward Lear (12 or 13 May 1812 in Holloway, Middlesex, England-29 January 1888 in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks. He also composed and published twelve musical settings of Tennyson's poetry.)
- found: Jackson, Christine E. Dictionary of bird artists of the world, 1999:page 331 (Lear, Edward, 1812-1888; creator of Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots, 1830-1832, containing 42 hand-colored lithographs after his drawings from living birds; created paintings and drawings of birds; "Lear also assisted Elizabeth Gould with plates, and contributed several others, to John Gould's titles A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans, 1834; Birds of Europe, 1832-37; A monograph of the Trogonidae, or family of trogons, 1838"; also contributed to other illustrated works on birds; collaborated with Elizabeth Gould on illustrations for part 3 (Birds, by John Gould, 1838-1841) of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, edited by Charles Darwin)
LC Classification
- PR4879.L2
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1979-10-10: new
- 2023-09-09: revised
Alternate Formats