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LEECH, JOHN. Eight original drawings in pen-and-ink and watercolor, the first signed in full, the remainder initialed, n.p.n.d.; with: two unsigned drawings, the first possibly by Leech, and two signed pencil and wash drawings by Robert Seymour and G. M. Woodward respectively, most on gray wove paper, tipped in to a 4to album, each within hand-ruled ink border, red morocco gilt by Root & Son, joints and extremities rubbed, some darkening.
CONTENTS OF LEECH DRAWINGS
1) Group of men and women playing croquet on a winter day, 139 x 200 mm. (5 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.)
2) "Just room for one inside", fish in glass bowl, 154 x 114 mm. (6 x 4 1/2 in.)
3) "Vot you say! been here all day and not catched anything...", fishing scene, 201 x 250 mm. (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
4) "'Working his bait as though he loved him' vide isaac Walton", a large fish catching a fisherman, 144 x 112 mm. (5 7/8 x 4 in.)
5) "Strange birds seen off Boulogne", flying turtles with men's heads, 113 x 117 mm. (4 1/16 x 4 9/16 in.)
6) "Original vegetarians", anthropomorphic vegetables, 112 x 129 mm. (4 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.)
7) "Your anothin'", two boys squabbling, 141 x 101 mm. (5 9/16 x 4 in.)
8) "Run Bill run...heres a chimney on fire", 2 boys, 141 x 109 mm. (5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
9) "Boy. "O dont I pity them poor Nobs in Carridges this hot weather!", a boy and girl riding on the back of a carriage, unsigned, 159 x 242 mm. (6 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)
CONTENTS OF LEECH DRAWINGS
1) Group of men and women playing croquet on a winter day, 139 x 200 mm. (5 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.)
2) "Just room for one inside", fish in glass bowl, 154 x 114 mm. (6 x 4 1/2 in.)
3) "Vot you say! been here all day and not catched anything...", fishing scene, 201 x 250 mm. (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
4) "'Working his bait as though he loved him' vide isaac Walton", a large fish catching a fisherman, 144 x 112 mm. (5 7/8 x 4 in.)
5) "Strange birds seen off Boulogne", flying turtles with men's heads, 113 x 117 mm. (4 1/16 x 4 9/16 in.)
6) "Original vegetarians", anthropomorphic vegetables, 112 x 129 mm. (4 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.)
7) "Your anothin'", two boys squabbling, 141 x 101 mm. (5 9/16 x 4 in.)
8) "Run Bill run...heres a chimney on fire", 2 boys, 141 x 109 mm. (5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
9) "Boy. "O dont I pity them poor Nobs in Carridges this hot weather!", a boy and girl riding on the back of a carriage, unsigned, 159 x 242 mm. (6 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)