some Lear updates

double page spread A

just working on a sequence where a map-books opens and Edward Lear walks across it. Here is the first map based on a map drawn in 1870 so slightly after the time but it still works quite well.

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and here are my latest Lear designs

lear model front.jpg

lear model side.jpg

Here is what the sequence might look like…

rough book mockup

and an early version

here are some shots of the pages…

 

 

 

Some Edward Lear Pictures

David Watson has put together many of the Edward Lear compositions to form a Suite. We shall post a version of this shortly. In the meantime, in celebration, here are some Edward Lear illustrations.

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owl and cat japanese

lear and Howard Carter

Here is the Dong with a luminous nose-

lear drops letter1