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In this letter, written to Edwin Prince on August 20, 1841, Edward Lear inquires after John Gould on the death of Gould's wife. Lear illustrated Gould's famous ornithological work. The letter is written from Knowsley Hall, seat of the Earl of Derby. It was for Derby's children that Lear wrote, The Book of Nonsense, published in 1846.
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