BIB_ID
268373
Accession number
MA 6421
Creator
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Display Date
1870 Dec. 4 (altered to Dec. 11).
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2007.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
Notes
Illustrated with three small ink diagrams, two of the floor plan of the Villa Emily, the other a plan of the surrounding neighborhood.
Including some nonsense words.
Including some nonsense words.
Summary
Describing his new house, the Villa Emily, in San Remo, into which he has just moved; saying he has unpacked his 7000 drawings; describing life in the area; mentioning his work "Nonsense songs"; and saying that he is working on an alphabet and several drawings: of Montenegro, Gaza, and Corfu.
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