Oct. 29, 2012 at 3:06pm with 57 notes
Reblogged from theparisreview
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theparisreview: “2012 marks Edward Lear’s bicentenary year. The author is known for many things: his nonsense verse, his nature art, his letters. If you’ve spent any time with the letters—and if you have, you know they’re utterly delightful—you are familiar with Lear’s faithful feline companion, Foss. A regular presence, both in word and sketch, Foss, who was adopted by the Lear family as a tabby kitten in 1873, was one of the constants of the author’s life.” Read more (and see more illustrations!) on the history between Edward Lear and his cat here.

theparisreview:

“2012 marks Edward Lear’s bicentenary year. The author is known for many things: his nonsense verse, his nature art, his letters. If you’ve spent any time with the letters—and if you have, you know they’re utterly delightful—you are familiar with Lear’s faithful feline companion, Foss. A regular presence, both in word and sketch, Foss, who was adopted by the Lear family as a tabby kitten in 1873, was one of the constants of the author’s life.”

Read more (and see more illustrations!) on the history between Edward Lear and his cat here.

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