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List of works by Edward Lear

(Swindern's Parrakeet) (Plate 42)

lithograph by Edward Lear

A Sailing Ship [verso]

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76076)

A Study of Ferns, Civitella

painting by Edward Lear

A Town on a Hilltop (Sanctuary of Lampedusa)

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143727)

A View of Adam's Peak, Ceylon

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Government Art Collection

A View of Kythera, Greece

A View of the Pine Woods Above Cannes

watercolor by Edward Lear

A View of the Roman Campagna with Travelers Passing a Ruined Brick Tomb, an Aqueduct in the Distance

painting by Edward Lear

A View of the Roman Campagna, a Villa and Aqueduct in the Distance

painting by Edward Lear

A monograph on the anatidae, or duck tribe

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman ... and Eddowes, Shrewsbury, 1838.

Abyssinian Parrakeet (Plate 39)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Agios Prokopios, Corfu, 12 May 1862

drawing by Edward Lear

Agrigento

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Agrigento

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2876)

Agrigento

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2878)

Albania

watercolor by Edward Lear

Albogasio

gouache by Edward Lear

Antibes, Côte d'Azur, France

watercolor by Edward Lear

Argos from Mycene

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Trinity College, University of Cambridge

Avisavella, Ceylon

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143733)

Bethlehem

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Walker Art Gallery

Between Olavano and Civitella

painting by Edward Lear

Boats on the Nile

watercolor by Edward Lear

Borghetto

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Bridge with Mountains in the Distance (Ventimiglia)

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143735)

Brown's Parakeet

watercolour - after Edward Lear

Buon Ricovero, in the Roman Campagna

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Museums Sheffield

Butrinto, Albania

painting by Edward Lear

Campagna di Roma

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143724)

Campagna di Roma

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Birmingham Museums Trust

Campagna of Rome from Villa Mattei, from Views in Rome and its Environs, 1841

lithograph by Edward Lear

Capo Sant'Angelo, Amalfi

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76071)

Castel D'Aci

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Catania

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Catania and Mount Etna

painting by Edward Lear

Cefalù

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Cefalù

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2869)

Cervara

print in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 55620)

Cervara

lithograph by Edward Lear

Ceylon Scenery

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Government Art Collection

Collared Parrakeet (Plate 40)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Corfu

drawing by Edward Lear

Corfu

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Victoria and Albert Museum

Corfu from Ascension

painting by Edward Lear

Corfu from Ascension

painting by Edward Lear (Yale B1979.11)

Corfu from Santa Decca

painting by Edward Lear

Corfu from near the Village of Virós

painting by Edward Lear

Corpo di Cava, 28 June 1838

painting by Edward Lear

Dendour, 2-15 pm, 31 January 1867 (298)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Edward Lear - Bocche di Cattaro

work of art by Edward Lear

Favara

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Figures Setting Out in Canoes from a Palm Grove (Wady Feiran)

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143728)

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde, 8-00 am, 4 March 1867 (588)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Gleanings from the menagerie and aviary at Knowsley Hall

Knowsley :[Printed for private distribution],1846-50. | Smithsonian Libraries

Goats Resting above a River Gorge (Narni, Italy)

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143730)

Graphite sketch on loose sheet

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Hyacinthine Maccaw (Plate 9)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Ibreem, 10-30 am, 2 February 1867 (318)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Ibreem, 11-00 am, 2 February 1867 (319)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Illustrated Excursions in Italy

1846 travelogue by Edward Lear

Illustrations of ornithology

Dublin: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, and S. Highley ;[1826-1835]

Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, Or Parrots, Part 1: Folio Wrapper,Title Page, Dedication Page, Subscriber's Page

lithograph by Edward Lear

Illustrations of the Family of the Psittacidae, or Parrots

book by Edward Lear

Jerusalem

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

painting by Edward Lear

Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling

painting by Edward Lear

Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888) (copy after), Aberdare Library

Karnak, 9-30 pm, 22 January 1867 (212)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Kinchenjunga from Darjeeling

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff

Kinchinjunga

painting by Edward Lear

Lago Maggiore...Stresa

watercolor by Edward Lear

Lago d'Iseo

watercolor by Edward Lear

Lago di Como, Brienno?

watercolor by Edward Lear

Landscape Study

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Landscape Study with Ancient Ruins

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Landscape with Goatherd

painting by Edward Lear

Launce and His Dog

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)

Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Plate 4)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Lorius Domicella / Black-capped Lorry (Plate 37)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Macrocerus Ararauna / Blue and Yellow Maccaw / 2/3 Nat. size (Plate 8)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Mahabalipooram

painting by Edward Lear

Maharraka

watercolor by Edward Lear

Maharraka Temple

watercolor by Edward Lear

Mahatta

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143731)

Masada on the Dead Sea

painting by Edward Lear

Mola

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Monte Pellegrino

sketchbook by Edward Lear

More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.

Mount Athos and the Monastery of Stavronikéte

painting by Edward Lear

Mount Kinchinjunga (All Things Fair)

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76073)

Mountainous View from Antrodoco

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76072)

Mountainous coastline, Corfu

painting by Edward Lear

Napoli

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143736)

Near El Azerat

watercolor by Edward Lear

Near Suez, 1 pm, 16 January 1849 (48)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Negadeh, 1-45 pm, 17 January 1867 (190)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Nonsense Songs

1871 poetry collection

Nonsense songs, stories, botany, and alphabets

1871 version

Nuneham

painting by Edward Lear

Pacific Parrakeet (Plate 26)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Palaeornia Columbiodes / Pigeon Parrakeet (Plate 31)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Palermo

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2862)

Palermo

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Palermo

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2866)

Pantalica

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Pantalica

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2880)

Pettenasco, Lago d'Orta, 4-20 pm, 2 June 1867 (224)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Philae, Egypt

painting by Edward Lear

Pines at Ravenna

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), The Red House, Aldeburgh

Platycercus Brownii / Brown's Parrakeet

lithograph by Edward Lear

Platycercus Pacificus / Pacific Parrakeet (Plate 26)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Platycercus Stanley II / Stanley Parrakeet (Young Male) (Plate 24)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Platycercus Stanley II / Stanley Parrakeet (young male) (Plate 24)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Platycereus Tabuensis / Tabuan Parrakeet (Plate 16)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Platycerus Barnardi / Barnard's Parrakeet (Plate 18)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Plyctolophus Rosaceus / Salmon-crested Cockatoo 4/5 Nat. size (Plate 2)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Plyctolophus Sulphureus / Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Plate 4)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Plyctophus Sulphureus / Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Plate 4)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Psittacara Naria / Dwarf Parrakeet Maccaw (Plate 12)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Psittacula Rubrifrons/ Red-fronted Parrakeet (Plate 41)

lithograph by Edward Lear

Psittacula Swinderniana. Swindern's Parrakeet

lithograph by Edward Lear

Red-capped Parrakeet, male (Plate 21)

lithograph by Edward Lear

River Winding through a Rock Formation (Philae, Egypt)

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143729)

Road near Galle, Ceylon

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Government Art Collection

Rocca di Falconiera

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Rome from Monte Pincio

lithograph by Edward Lear

Rome from Via della Porta San Paolo, from Views in Rome and its Environs, 1841

lithograph by Edward Lear

Rome, a View of the Forum from a Terrace

painting by Edward Lear

Rome, a View of the Forum with the Temple of Venus

painting by Edward Lear

Ruined Temple on a Hill

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76077)

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, at Sunset

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143813)

Segesta

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Segesta

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2872)

Sheikh Abadeh, 3-20 pm, 6 January 1867 (85)

watercolor by Edward Lear

Sketches in Italy [recto]

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76075)

Sommantino

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Strongyli

drawing by Edward Lear

Study of Rocks, Shrubs, and Tree Trunks at Monte Casale near Sansepolcro, Tuscany

painting by Edward Lear

Sunrise at Civitella di Subiaco

painting by Edward Lear

Syracuse

painting from Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow

Syracuse

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Syracuse

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2882)

Syracuse

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2883)

Taggia

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143726)

Tanjore, India

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 131311)

Taormina

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Taormina

sketchbook by Edward Lear (YCBA B1977.14.2887)

Tapha, 7-50 a.m., February 17, 1867

watercolor by Edward Lear

Temple of Venus and Roma, Rome

painting by Edward Lear

Termini

sketchbook by Edward Lear

The Birds of Europe

London,Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author,1837. | Smithsonian Libraries

The Book of Nonsense

The Dead Sea, 16 and 17 April 1858

watercolor by Edward Lear

The Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica

painting by Edward Lear

The Great Sphinx of Chephren at Giza, Egypt

watercolor by Edward Lear

The Jumblies

The Marble Rocks - Nerbudda Jubbolpore

painting by Edward Lear

The Mountains of Thermopylae

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

2007 audio version

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

1904 version

The Owl and the Pussy-cat

1871 poem by Edward Lear

The Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The Quangle Wangle's Hat

1876 poem by Edward Lear

The Rocks at Kasr es Saad

painting by Edward Lear

The Roman Campagna

watercolor by Edward Lear

The Temple of Apollo at Bassae

painting by Edward Lear

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Greece

The Temple of Ramses, Sabooa, Egypt

watercolor by Edward Lear

The monastery of Megaspelion, Arcadia, Greece

painting by Edward Lear

The was a Young Lady of Bute

Limerick

Thebes

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143732)

There was a Young Lady of Dorking

There was a Young Lady of Lucca

Limerick

There was a Young Lady of Ryde

limerick

There was a Young Lady whose bonnet

limerick

There was a Young Lady whose chin

limerick

There was a Young Person of Smyrna

limerick

There was a young lady in blue

limerick by Edward Lear

There was a young lady in white

limerick

There was an Old Lady of Chertsey

limerick

There was an Old Lady whose folly

Limerick

There was an Old Man at a casement

Limerick

There was an Old Man of Aôsta

limerick

There was an Old Man of Bohemia

Limerick

There was an Old Man of Cape Horn

Limerick

There was an Old Man of Columbia

Limerick

There was an Old Man of Corfu

Limerick

There was an Old Man of Kildare

limerick

There was an Old Man of Melrose

Limerick

There was an Old Man of Nepaul

Limerick

There was an Old Man of New York

limerick

There was an Old Man of Peru

Limerick

There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi

Limerick

There was an Old Man of the Isles

limerick by Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of the South

Limerick

There was an Old Man who supposed

Limerick

There was an Old Man with a beard

Limerick

There was an Old Man with a beard (2)

Limerick

There was an Old Man with a flute

limerick

There was an Old Man with a nose

limerick by Edward Lear

There was an Old Person of Burton

Limerick

There was an Old Person of Ewell

limerick

There was an Old Person of Ischia

limerick

There was an Old Person of Mold

Limerick

There was an Old Person of Philæ

Limerick

There was an Old Person of Rheims

limerick

There was an Old Person of Rhodes

Limerick

There was an Old Person of Sparta

Limerick

Thermopylae

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Umbrella Pine and Other Studies

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76074)

Val di Roppa, Corfu, 22 May 1868

drawing by Edward Lear

Valentine

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)

Valmontone, from Views in Rome and its Environs, 1841

lithograph by Edward Lear

Venosa

painting by Edward Lear

Via Porta Pinciana, Rome

print in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 55621)

View across a Bay (Monaco)

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143734)

View from the River Ganges of the burning ghats

painting by Edward Lear

View in the Campagna, Rome (with Ruins)

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Manchester Art Gallery

View in the Campagna, Rome (with a River)

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Manchester Art Gallery

View of Beirut

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Government Art Collection

View of Bethlehem

painting by Edward Lear

View of Ceriana

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 62531)

View of Florence from Villa San Firenze

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Government Art Collection

View of Gwalior, India

painting by Edward Lear (1812–1888), Brighton & Hove Museums

View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

drawing by Edward Lear

View of Reggio and the Straits of Messina

painting by Edward Lear

View of a Bay from a Hillside (Amalfi)

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 143725)

Views of Sicily

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Vignette

sketchbook by Edward Lear

Villa Pamphili

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76078)

Villefranche-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur

watercolor by Edward Lear

Vjose, 12-30 p.m., 16 April 1857

watercolor by Edward Lear

Wady Mokatteb

drawing in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 76079)

White Headed Eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus)

print in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 73676)

Zagori, Greece

painting by Edward Lear

runcible

nonsense word created by Edward Lear