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Leech, John

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Leech, John (1817–64). English caricaturist and illustrator, one of the leading artists of Punch from its foundation in 1841 until his death. He made over 3,000 pictures for Punch alone (including political cartoons and scenes of everyday life) and he was also particularly associated with the sporting novels of R. S. Surtees. The other books he illustrated included R. H. Barham's The Ingoldsby Legends (1840) and Charles Dickens's Christmas Books (1843). Dickens said of his pictures that they were ‘always the drawings of a gentleman’; and he more than any other set the gentlemanly tone for Punch.

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Leech, John

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Leech, John (1817–64), caricaturist and illustrator, a friend of Thackeray and of Dickens, whose A Christmas Carol and other Christmas books he illustrated. From 1841 until his death he contributed to Punch political cartoons and scenes of everyday middle-class life. He illustrated the work of Surtees.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Leech, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Leech, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-LeechJohn.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Leech, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-LeechJohn.html

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