Owl and Pussycat author Edward Lear’s no-nonsense talent for capturing the moment in drawings - The Guardian

An exhibition of sketches by the English author and illustrator reveals his artistic skills and life as ‘something of a sad clown’

His nonsense verse and limericks have delighted generations of readers, with The Owl and the Pussycat among English literatures best-loved poems, but Edward Lear most wanted recognition as an oil pai… [+5475 chars]

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