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John Leech (1817-1864)
Consolation
signed 'J.Leech' (lower left), and inscribed 'Consolation' (lower right), and 'Elegant party. There's one consolation now-a-days,/a good-looking young fellow with a heligant figger/can always be a model for a photographer.' (lower centre)
pen and brown ink and watercolour, unframed
9¾ x 7¾ in. (25 x 20 cm.); an illustration entitled 'Out for a stroll' by the same hand; and three drawings of a man smoking a clay pipe; sketches of a lady; and a sketch for 'Juvenile dandies' by George Cruikshank, Sen. (5)
Consolation
signed 'J.Leech' (lower left), and inscribed 'Consolation' (lower right), and 'Elegant party. There's one consolation now-a-days,/a good-looking young fellow with a heligant figger/can always be a model for a photographer.' (lower centre)
pen and brown ink and watercolour, unframed
9¾ x 7¾ in. (25 x 20 cm.); an illustration entitled 'Out for a stroll' by the same hand; and three drawings of a man smoking a clay pipe; sketches of a lady; and a sketch for 'Juvenile dandies' by George Cruikshank, Sen. (5)
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