Dr. Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford will be giving a lecture on Edward Lear at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley on Saturday 24th October 2015. The talk will explore the originality and charm of this uniquely versatile artist. Please follow the link for more information http://rrm.co.uk/events/nature-and-nonsense-the-genius-of-edward-lear Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: October 2015
The Secret Life of Books – Edward Lear’s Nonsense Songs – Presented by Nicholas Parsons
“View over San Remo from Villa Congreve” Michael Montgomery
A recent Antiques Roadshow (BBC1, November 23) included a fine Lear watercolour of the view over San Remo from the steps of Villa Congreve. It was brought in by the great-grandson of Walter Congreve, who in 1870 sold Lear an adjacent plot on which to build the first house he ever owned, the Villa Emily, … Continue reading »