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Lear, Edward(encyclopedia)
Juliet(dictionary)
Juliet cap(dictionary)
Romeo and Juliet(dictionary)
lear(dictionary)
Lear(finance)
lear(1)(dictionary)
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Lear (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

Juliet cap (iou) and Lear, Edward (sh)


Juliet cap (iou)



Juliet cap noun phr. E20.
[The heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (as worn as part of the usual costume).]
A small network ornamental cap worn by brides etc.

Lear, Edward (sh)




born May 12, 1812, Highgate, near London, Eng.
died Jan. 29, 1888, San Remo, Italy

English painter and comic poet.

From age 15 he earned his living by drawing. Employed to illustrate the earl of Derby's private menagerie in the 1830s, he later produced Book of Nonsense (1846) for the earl's grandchildren. His Other works include Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871), containing "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat," and Laughable Lyrics (1877). He is best known for popularizing the limerick. He also published volumes of bird and animal drawings and seven illustrated Travel books. Epileptic and depressive, he lived mainly abroad after 1837.


Edward Lear, drawing by William Holman Hunt, 1857; in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

By courtesy of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool