The wilder side of Edward Lear

摘要

In 1988, the United Kingdom issued a set of four postage stamps to commemorate the centennial of the death of the beloved artist, poet and travel writer Edward Lear (1812-88). The stamps featured some of Lear s whimsical ink drawings, including a self-caricature of the bearded artist flying on improbably minuscule wings, and the two boat-bound protagonists of his best-known poem, The Owl and the Pussycat.