Design for "Hooking and Eyeing," a wood engraving published in "Punch" (recto); Sketch of two women and a man (verso)
1851
Medium
Recto: pen and brown ink and watercolor Verso: graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (15.6 x 11.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.617.79
Tags
About the Artist
John Leech · 1817–1864
John Leech (1817–1864) was born in London and educated at Charterhouse, where he formed a lifelong friendship with William Makepeace Thackeray. He briefly studied medicine before abandoning it for art, publishing his first comic character studies from London street life as early as 1835. Though largely self-taught as an illustrator, he absorbed the robust tradition of English caricature establishe...