Edward Lear At the R.A.

Physical description; 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Contents; Edward Lear / Sir Steven Runciman -- From the sublime to the ridiculous / Jeremy Maas -- Lear on art -- The plates -- The catalogue -- Early years -- Natural history -- Early landscape (1834-1848) -- Lear's travels (1848-1888) -- Studio watercolours -- Lear and Tennyson -- Oil paintings -- Illustrated travel books -- Nonsense -- The pelican -- Later memorabilia. Subjects; Lear, Edward, -- (1812-1888) -- Catalogs. Lear, Edward, -- (1812-1888) -- Criticism and interpretation. Genres; Catalogs. Criticism, interpretation, etc.