{"product_id":"9781406549393","title":"The Owl \u0026 The Pussy-Cat, And The Duck \u0026 The Kangaroo (Illustrated Edition)","description":"Edward Lear (1812-1888) was an English artist, illustrator and writer known for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form which he popularised. He was born in Highgate, a suburb of London, the 20th child of his parents and was raised by his eldest sister, Ann, twenty-one years his senior. He started work as a serious illustrator and his first publication, at the age of 19, was Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae; or, Parrots in 1830. His paintings were well received and he was favourably compared with Audubon. Throughout his life he continued to paint seriously. He had a lifelong ambition to illustrate Tennyson's poems. Lear briefly gave drawing lessons to Queen Victoria. In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks which went through three editions and helped popularise the form. Edward Lear's nonsense works are distinguished by a facility of verbal invention and a poet's delight in the sounds of words, both real and imaginary.","brand":"Dodo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029515059440,"sku":"9781406549393","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781406549393_p0.jpg?v=1763716720","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781406549393","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}