Edward Lear
British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888)
Also known as Derry Down Derry · Lear · Eduard Liri
- Born
- May 12, 1812
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in RKDartists“Edward Lear”
- 4.Stated in Benezit Dictionary of Artists“Edward Lear”
- 5.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- May 12, 1812
- Died
- January 29, 1888
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in RKDartists“Edward Lear”
- 4.Stated in Benezit Dictionary of Artists“Edward Lear”
- 5.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- January 29, 1888
- Birthplace
- Highgate
- , London
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Sources- 1.Stated in Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse LetterenRetrieved 2024-09-17
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- writer
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Sources- 1.Stated in Library of the World's Best Literature
- 2.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2025-12-11
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , poet
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- , illustrator
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- +8 more
- writer
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- Notable work
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- Medical condition
- epilepsy
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Sources- 1.“Edward Lear and his Magnificent Parrots | Will Beharrell”youtube.com/watch?v=RBiwsbBxVK0Retrieved 2024-12-30
- asthma
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Sources- 1.“Edward Lear and his Magnificent Parrots | Will Beharrell”youtube.com/watch?v=RBiwsbBxVK0Retrieved 2024-12-30
- epilepsy
- Commons Creator page
- Edward Lear
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-13
- 3.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2025-01-28
- male
- Has works in the collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Art Institute of Chicago
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Auckland Art Gallery
- Tate
- National Gallery of Victoria
- National Gallery of Art
- National Gallery of Canada
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- Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Yale Center for British Art
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Israel Museum
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Rhode Island School of Design Museum
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Worcester Art Museum
- Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
- Condé Museum
- Denver Art Museum
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- National Museum Cardiff
- Walker Art Gallery
- Ashmolean Museum
- Manchester Art Gallery
- Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
- Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
- Brooklyn Museum
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
- Name in native language
- Edward Lear
- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Lear
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- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Lear
- Field of work
- young adult literature
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Sources- 1.dbnl.org/onzekinderboeken/jeugdlit_illustrator.phpRetrieved 2024-09-17
- young adult literature
On other databases
199 identifiers linking Edward Lear across the web's reference databases
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- Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID3375
- Art Renewal Center artist ID851
- Art UK artist IDlear-edward-18121888
- Artcyclopedia artist IDlear_edward
- ARTIC artist ID14978
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineedward-lear
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- AskArt person ID9000420
- Athenaeum person ID998
- Auckland Art Gallery artist ID314
- Australian Music Centre artist IDlear-edward
- Australian Prints + Printmaking artist ID12767
- Babelio author ID61270
- BabelNet ID00029838n
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- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11911831s
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- Darwin Correspondence ID6128
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- DBNL author IDlear001
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- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID118779095
- Discogs artist ID915714
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- FranceArchives agent ID291589033
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- Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID991003947679707141
- GCD creator ID3871
- Geni profile ID6000000039405939350
- GND ID118779095
- Goodreads author ID142
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- Google Doodleedward-lears-200th-birthday
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDEdward_Lear
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDlir-eduard-769581
- Grove Art Online IDT049774
- HAND ID811D-FE39-DA55-C565-1F32
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- IDU person ID20715
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- ISFDB author ID22266
- ISNI0000000121006493
- J. Paul Getty Museum agent IDperson/10574D
- J9U entity ID987007298345905171
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