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Pre-Raphaelite Vision: Truth to NaturePre-Raphaelite Vision is the first exhibition to focus solely on the deep fascination the Pre-Raphaelites had for the natural world and enables visitors to explore a whole new dimension of their work. The exhibition brings together around 150 works including celebrated paintings such as William Holman Hunt�s Our English Coasts (Strayed [...]

It’s hard to share the tastes of a collector Travels with Edward Lear - National Gallery of Scotland
AS the author of such quaintly endearing Victorian-era “nonsense” as The Owl and the Pussycat and other such silly-but-enduring rhymes, you would expect a collection of artwork by Edward Lear to reflect a particularly skewed interpretation of [...]

Exhibition shows more watercolourful side to Edward LearEDWARD Lear is best known as the writer of much loved nonsense verses such as The Owl and the Pussycat, but a new Edinburgh exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland aims to showcase his legacy as an inspired Victorian artist.Travels with Edward Lear: Watercolours from the Runciman [...]

Dr. Seuss: Way past silliness
Though he died in 1991, Seuss seems more popular than ever. ‘The Cat in the Hat’ is now a movie. Thanks to the publicity from the film, the book has returned to the New York Times best-seller picture book list.The U.S. Postal Service is canceling stamps with Cat in the Hat [...]