John. Leech

Painted on a sheet of paper c.33 x 52 cm.laid down on acid free tissue over card and mounted. Titled beneath image and initialled within the subject lower left. A charming and humorous glimpse of mid-Victorian society. John Leech was famous for his satirical drawings published in “Punch” and other 19th. cent. magazines. He was also a prolific etcher and lithographer. Ref. Houfe,Dictionary of British Book Illustrators 1800-1914. Provenance; Sold Christies auction 10/11/83 lot 69.(£628.10).noted on verso of mount.