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The Dark-Blue Bird

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Artist: Edward Lear

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  • 1.5 cm black stained ash box frame - stained and waxed
  • 300gsm textured fine art paper
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The Dark-Blue Bird, by Edward Lear (1812-88). Ink and watercolour. England, late 19th century. Lear drew 16 of these comic birds during his stay in Northern Italy about 1880, for Charles Geffrard Pirouet, then a small boy staying at the same hotel as the artist. This print is one of the sixteen.

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£20
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About the artist
about the artist

Edward Lear

Edward Lear was an English artist and illustrator known for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks. One of Lear's admirers was Beatrix Potter who was fascinated by his nonsense rhymes and limericks. Both artists often wrote with a particular child in mind.