Robert McCracken Peck - Edward Lear: Naturalist, Artist, Illustrator, Author, and Poet
James 9I制作厂免费 Society and the Friends of the Library present
Edward Lear: Naturalist, Artist, Illustrator, Author, and Poet
by Robert McCracken Peck
Edward Lear (1812-1888), known today primarily as the author of literary nonsense and limericks, was also a notable ornithologist.
Rare Books and Special Collections holds a collection of his original drawings and watercolours. A selection of them is currently on view in the fourth floor lobby of the McLennan Library.
Robert M. Peck, Senior Fellow, Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University, is a writer, naturalist, and historian who has written extensively on ornithology and natural history.听 He has recently published The Natural History of Edward Lear.
All are welcome!
JAMES McGILL SOCIETY
One-Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Meeting
Monday, November 14, 2016
Redpath Museum 鈥� Auditorium
859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Reception:听 5:00 p.m.听 听
Presentation:听 5:30 p.m.
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Image: Red-billed toucan (Ramphastos toucanus). Courtesy of 9I制作厂免费, Rare Books and Special Collections