Edward LearBritish, 1812–1888Corfu
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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- P.13-1961
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Meanwhile, in the life of Edward Lear
The whole life1853–1860
Music for Tennyson’s poems: twelve settings
Lear published musical settings of Alfred Tennyson’s poems: four in 1853, five in 1859 and three in 1860; they were the only musical settings that Tennyson approved of.
aged 49 (1861 – 1862)
The death of his sister Ann, who had been a mother to him
Ann, who had raised Edward and acted as a mother to him until her death, died when he was almost 50 years old.
1863
“Views in the Seven Ionian Isles” is published
In 1863 Lear’s book Views in the Seven Ionian Isles was published.
