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Old Man of Melrose

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Ground Cream

Ink Black

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130mm Rustic Handmade Glazed Ceramic Tile Plain white £17.99

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Size
130 × 130mm
Material
Glazed ceramic, handmade
Suitable for
Indoors only
Plain
The matching plain white
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About this design

Old Man of Melrose

Design no. 224076

Edward Lear’s drawings for his own limericks, from Frederick Warne’s edition with all the original pictures and verses.

Design no.
224076
Department
Archival & Collage
Collection
Lear’s Book of Nonsense
Source
Edward Lear, The Book of Nonsense (London and New York, undated)
Style
Lear’s pen drawings, printed in line: quick outline, scribbled blacks
Subject
Figures, Story scenes
Colour
Black on cream as standard
Form
Single tile
Mood
Playful
Symmetry
Asymmetric
Complexity
Medium

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Old Man of Melrose