Peter Parker

How pleasant to know Mr Lear

Jenny Uglow's affectionate biography of the exceptionally gifted painter and writer is one to treasure

  • Mr Lear: A Life in Art and Nonsense

    Jenny Uglow

    Faber, pp. 598

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