Now to a book of Edward’s Lear’s nonsense for which I carried out three hundred and thirty illustrations.
Much of Edward Lear’s poetry has a wistfulness about it and the stories often include outcasts in society; often bringing together unusual relationships.
The Daddy Long-legs had legs so long that he couldn’t sing a song and the fly’s legs were far too short so that he couldn’t go to court.
On the right we have the lovelorn Dong with a luminous nose blowing a plaintive sound with his pipe, hunting for his long lost love.