Edward Lear,
The Book of Nonsense — By Way of Preface
(''c.'' 1887)
“ "How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!" Who has written such volumes of stuff! Some think him ill-tempered and queer, But a few think him pleasant enough. ”
Edward Lear
Summary
“The Book of Nonsense — By Way of Preface”, published in ''c.'' 1887, is a work by Edward Lear. It explores elements such as bother, drawings and Rome.
Quotes from The Book of Nonsense — By Way of Preface (Edward Lear)
Edward Lear,
The Book of Nonsense — By Way of Preface
(''c.'' 1887)
“ In 1835 or '36, being in Ireland and the Lakes, I leaned more and more to landscape, and when in 1837 it was found that my health was more affected by the climate month by month, I went abroad, wintering in Rome till 1841, when I came to England and published a volume of lithographs called "Rome and its Environs." Returning to Rome, I visited Sicily and much of the South of Italy, and continued to make chalk drawings, though in 1840 I had painted my two first oil-paintings. I also gave lessons in drawing at Rome, and was able to make a very comfortable living. ”
Edward Lear,
The Book of Nonsense — By Way of Preface
(''c.'' 1887)
“ Leastwise, if a man does anything all through life with a deal of bother, and likewise of some benefit to others, the details of such bother and benefit may as well be known accurately as the contrary. Born in 1812 (12th May) , I began to draw, for bread and cheese, about 1827, but only did uncommon queer shop-sketches—selling them for prices varying from ninepence to four shillings: colouring prints, screens, fans; awhile making morbid disease drawings for hospitals and certain doctors of physic. ”
