Never Mind the Pussycat: The Ornithological Art of Edward Lear
March 15 - May 15, Mann Library Lobby
Most of us know Edward Lear as the author of The Owl and the Pussycat, and the well-loved Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets. He made his living, however, as a landscape painter, and as young man was an accomplished natural history illustrator. As this year's National Poetry Month exhibit at Mann Library, this display focuses on the ornithological lithographs Lear produced in the early 1830’s, some when he was still in his teens. The images are extraordinary − meticulously accurate, and brimming with personality.