The Life Of Edward Lear

For more information and images about this video please visit Beneath is abridged text from our site: In 1824, a young boy sat to have his silhouette drawn. He was the twentieth child of a London stockbroker, Jeremiah Lear his wife Ann. The boy lived with his older sister, who taught him how to write draw. His name was Edward Lear. Throughout his life Edward Lear was affected by ill health. He was epileptic suffered from bouts of depression. He named his epilepti