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A Special Constable. ''It's of no use ma'am _ large bodies are not allowed to walk about, _ so you must disperce yourself.'' Fly Leaves No 2.
[John Leech.]
London. _Published at the Punch Office [1848].
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½) Glue stains in the corners of margins.
A truncheon-carrying special constable confronts a large woman. A satire on special constables being used to disperse crowds in the aftermath of the Chartist 'Monster Rally' held in Kennington Park on April 10th 1848.
[Ref: 51639] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[John Leech.]
London. _Published at the Punch Office [1848].
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½) Glue stains in the corners of margins.
A truncheon-carrying special constable confronts a large woman. A satire on special constables being used to disperse crowds in the aftermath of the Chartist 'Monster Rally' held in Kennington Park on April 10th 1848.
[Ref: 51639] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Geoffry the Diver
John Leech [c.1850]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 285 x 195mm (11¼ x 7¾"). Slight paper tone and offsetting.
Bizarre book illustration by prolific Victorian book-illustrator John Leech (1817-64) best-known for his work with Dickens.
[Ref: 33981] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
John Leech [c.1850]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 285 x 195mm (11¼ x 7¾"). Slight paper tone and offsetting.
Bizarre book illustration by prolific Victorian book-illustrator John Leech (1817-64) best-known for his work with Dickens.
[Ref: 33981] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Children of the Mobility [8 plates]
John Leech delt.
London, Published by Richard Bentley, New Burlington St., February 1, 1841.
Eight lithographs with hand-colouring, each sheet approx 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Soiling to first plate; all laid on backing sheets.
Early set of prints by John Leech, illustrating the satire by his friend Percival Leigh, which upon publication was so popular that Leigh and Leech were recruited to work on 'Punch' when it was formed a few months later. Leech pointedly illustrating the disparity between lower and upper class, the 'nobility and the mobility' as he called them. Leech forcefully rendered the effects of poverty through the feelings of children at work and play.
A preparatory drawing for plate 1 is in the British Museum (1893,0612.4).
[Ref: 32273] £850.00 view all images for this item
John Leech delt.
London, Published by Richard Bentley, New Burlington St., February 1, 1841.
Eight lithographs with hand-colouring, each sheet approx 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Soiling to first plate; all laid on backing sheets.
Early set of prints by John Leech, illustrating the satire by his friend Percival Leigh, which upon publication was so popular that Leigh and Leech were recruited to work on 'Punch' when it was formed a few months later. Leech pointedly illustrating the disparity between lower and upper class, the 'nobility and the mobility' as he called them. Leech forcefully rendered the effects of poverty through the feelings of children at work and play.
A preparatory drawing for plate 1 is in the British Museum (1893,0612.4).
[Ref: 32273] £850.00 view all images for this item