DETAILS
- Artist
- Edward Lear
- Date
- 1835
- Medium
- lithograph
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Prints
- Culture
- England, 18th century
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shearer in memory of V. Brown Irish
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THE ARTIST
Edward Lear
1812–1888 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandVictorian naturalist who drew parrots at 19, then traveled the world painting landscapes and writing nonsense verse.
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