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Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. A.L.s. to Mary [ ]; [London], 11 Aug 1857

Item — Box 1Identifier: MS Eng 797
Scope and Contents:

Contains letters, mostly personal, some illustrated, by Lear to various correspondents, including several to John Gould.

Lear, Edward: Philip Hofer article “Edward Lear, one of the ablest topographical draughtsman of his day” for The Connoisseur, vol.164, no. 659, January 11, 1967: various drafts

File — Box 9Identifier: MS Typ 1232
Scope and Contents:

Collection includes records of lectures and exhibitions sponsored by the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, as well as reviews of these events, articles concerning them, and related correspondence and notes; 3 audiotapes of talks are included.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. A.L.s. to [(Mrs Edward) Jenkinson]; San Remo, 27 Dec 1882., 1882.

Item — Box 6: Series MS Eng 1342.1Identifier: MS Eng 1342- 1342.1, (559)
Scope and Contents: Contains correspondence of William Ewart Gladstone and his family with a wide variety of correspondents, including over 100 letters from Gladstone to Sir Charles Lister Ryan. Also, manuscripts of speeches and miscellaneous items of Gladstone. Other letters are written by royalty, mostly from Great Britain; by various British prime ministers; by British statesmen, authors, artists, and various prominent persons; and by eminent figures in other European countries. Additional material includes...

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Subject file : printed ephemera, undated.

FOUND IN: Houghton Library / Collection: Printed ephemera relating to theater / Sub-Series: L.
Item — Box 35Identifier: MS Thr 939, (1424)
Scope and Contents: This collection includes ephemera and printed materials on topics related to the theater. Material types include, but are not limited to, admission tickets, advertisements, bookplates, broadsides (notices), clippings, correspondence, dance cards, ...

Lear, Edward. Letter to Charles Lever: Oct. 23, 1861, 1861

Item Identifier: HEW 7.1.1
Scope and Contents: The volumes contain original letters tipped onto the leaves. The principal writers are: John Blackwood, Isaac Butt, Thomas Carlyle, Wilkie Collins, the Earl of Derby, Charles Dickens, Maria Edgeworth, John Forster, T. C. Grattan, James Hudson, G. P. R. James, Henry James, Henry L. Jephson, Charles Kent, A. W. Kinglake, Edward Lear, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Anne Lever, Samuel Lover, Lord Lytton, Lord Robert Bulwer Lytton, James McGlashan, the Earl of Malmesbury, W. H. Maxwell, Margaret Oliphant,...

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. The absolutely abstemious ass : drawing. Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: MS Typ 55.14, (25)
Scope and Contents:

Consists of Lear's nonsense drawings, autograph manuscript drafts of the nonsense poems and nonsense alphabet, drawings with verse, and proofs for The nonsense alphabet and other works. Includes a few landscape drawings, a portrait of an unidentified man, self-portraits, and a portrait photograph of Lear, among other items.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. The clothes-brush tree : drawing. Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: MS Typ 55.14, (28)
Scope and Contents:

Consists of Lear's nonsense drawings, autograph manuscript drafts of the nonsense poems and nonsense alphabet, drawings with verse, and proofs for The nonsense alphabet and other works. Includes a few landscape drawings, a portrait of an unidentified man, self-portraits, and a portrait photograph of Lear, among other items.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. The comfortable confidential cow : drawing. Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: MS Typ 55.14, (29)
Scope and Contents:

Consists of Lear's nonsense drawings, autograph manuscript drafts of the nonsense poems and nonsense alphabet, drawings with verse, and proofs for The nonsense alphabet and other works. Includes a few landscape drawings, a portrait of an unidentified man, self-portraits, and a portrait photograph of Lear, among other items.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. The goodnatured grey gull : drawing. Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: MS Typ 55.14, (34)
Scope and Contents:

Consists of Lear's nonsense drawings, autograph manuscript drafts of the nonsense poems and nonsense alphabet, drawings with verse, and proofs for The nonsense alphabet and other works. Includes a few landscape drawings, a portrait of an unidentified man, self-portraits, and a portrait photograph of Lear, among other items.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. The hasty higgeldipiggledy hen : drawing. Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: MS Typ 55.14, (35)
Scope and Contents:

Consists of Lear's nonsense drawings, autograph manuscript drafts of the nonsense poems and nonsense alphabet, drawings with verse, and proofs for The nonsense alphabet and other works. Includes a few landscape drawings, a portrait of an unidentified man, self-portraits, and a portrait photograph of Lear, among other items.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. The two old bachelors : drawing.

Item — Box 1Identifier: MS Typ 55.14, (39)
Scope and Contents:

Consists of Lear's nonsense drawings, autograph manuscript drafts of the nonsense poems and nonsense alphabet, drawings with verse, and proofs for The nonsense alphabet and other works. Includes a few landscape drawings, a portrait of an unidentified man, self-portraits, and a portrait photograph of Lear, among other items.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. The zigzag zealous zebra : drawing. Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: MS Typ 55.14, (40)
Scope and Contents:

Consists of Lear's nonsense drawings, autograph manuscript drafts of the nonsense poems and nonsense alphabet, drawings with verse, and proofs for The nonsense alphabet and other works. Includes a few landscape drawings, a portrait of an unidentified man, self-portraits, and a portrait photograph of Lear, among other items.

f. 19 Edward Lear A.L.s. to Layard Fenton; London, 23 Aug 1880

Item — Volume 1Identifier: MS Typ 55.23
Scope and Contents:

Includes a scrapbook containing two sets of drawings for Sing a song of sixpence, one set of drawings for Humpty Dumpty, several letters from Lear to various correspondents, and an autograph manuscript of The Quangle Wangle's hat.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Diary : autograph manuscript, 1859-1860., 1859-1860. Digital

FOUND IN: Houghton Library / Collection: Edward Lear diaries
Item — Volume 3Identifier: MS Eng 797.3, (3)
Scope and Contents: Each volume contains diary entries by Edward Lear from 1858 until a few months before his death. The entries, generally kept daily with some notable omissions, frequently discuss his paintings, as well as his health problems and depression. Lear's primary residence was in England through 1870, when he settled in San Remo, Italy. He also traveled extensively, and usually took at least one long trip each year, often in search of new artistic material. These diaries describe travels in Egypt,...

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Diary : autograph manuscript, 1866-1867., 1866-1867. Digital

FOUND IN: Houghton Library / Collection: Edward Lear diaries
Item — Volume 10Identifier: MS Eng 797.3, (10)
Scope and Contents: Each volume contains diary entries by Edward Lear from 1858 until a few months before his death. The entries, generally kept daily with some notable omissions, frequently discuss his paintings, as well as his health problems and depression. Lear's primary residence was in England through 1870, when he settled in San Remo, Italy. He also traveled extensively, and usually took at least one long trip each year, often in search of new artistic material. These diaries describe travels in Egypt,...

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Diary : autograph manuscript, 1887-1888., 1887-1888. Digital

FOUND IN: Houghton Library / Collection: Edward Lear diaries
Item — Volume 30Identifier: MS Eng 797.3, (30)
Scope and Contents: Each volume contains diary entries by Edward Lear from 1858 until a few months before his death. The entries, generally kept daily with some notable omissions, frequently discuss his paintings, as well as his health problems and depression. Lear's primary residence was in England through 1870, when he settled in San Remo, Italy. He also traveled extensively, and usually took at least one long trip each year, often in search of new artistic material. These diaries describe travels in Egypt,...

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. In curves the yellowing river ran. Tepedelèni (Albania) Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 146
Scope and Contents:

Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere." Laid on mount, 25.5 x 35 cm.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Beyond the darkness and the Cataract. Wady Halfa (Egypt) Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 148
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Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "The Vision of Sin." Laid on mount, 25.5 x 35 cm.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Of ice far up on a mountain head. Taggia Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 161
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Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "The Daisy." Laid on mount, 25.5 x 35 cm.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. A moulder’d citadel on the coast. Vado Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 166
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Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "The Daisy." Laid on mount, 25.5 x 35 cm.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. I stay’d the wheels at Cogoletto. Cogoletto Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 168
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Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "The Daisy." Laid on mount, 25.5 x 35 cm.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Sun-smitten Alps before me lay. Monte Generoso (Switzerland) Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 171
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Described as Sun-smitten Alps before me lay. Monte Rosa, from Lago di Orta in ELOMS page 276. Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "The Daisy." Laid on mount, 25.5 x 35 cm.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. In gazing up an Alpine crag. The Matterhorn (Switzerland) Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 101
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Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "The Two Voices." Laid on mount, 25.5 x 35 cm.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Far down, and where the Lemon grove. Corfù (Greece) Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 7
Scope and Contents:

Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "Recollections of the

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. The waterfall, a pillar of white light. Mendrisio (Switzerland) Digital

File Identifier: MS Typ 55.7, 10
Scope and Contents:

Landscape drawing to illustrate Tennyson's poem: "Ode to Memory." Laid on mount, 25.5 x 35 cm.