Edward Lear green plaque

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Looking up at 15 Stratford Place, you're standing where Edward Lear spent six crucial years crafting both his whimsical nonsense verses and serious landscape paintings in his combined home and studio. From 1859 to 1865, this Westminster address served as Lear's London base between his extensive trav...

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15 Stratford Place, Westminster, W1C, 1BE

Inscription

From 1859-1865 the poet, painter and traveller Edward Lear 1812 - 1888 made a house on this site his London home and studio. Lear Bicentenary 2012