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Original drawings

Title
Original drawings [graphic] / John Leech.
Author
Leech, John, 1817-1864.
Publication
ca. 1842-ca. 1860.

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Additional Authors
  • Whitehead, Charles, 1804-1862.
  • Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850.
  • Smith, Albert, 1816-1860.
  • Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896
  • Bradbury & Evans, correspondent
  • Zaehnsdorf (Firm) bnd
Description
  • 2 albums (17 drawings, 4 prints); 31 x 40 cm. and 31 x 46 cm.
  • 1 drawing : pencil, watercolor ;
Summary
Chiefly designs for book illustrations.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Book illustrations – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Drawings – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Graphite drawings – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Pencil works – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Watercolors – Great Britain – 19th century.
Note
  • Title and statement of responsibility from binding.
  • Drawings chiefly in pencil, some with pen and ink, mostly heightened in watercolor. Four are accompanied by a related print (3 etchings, 1 wood engraving).
  • Most drawings signed or initialed.
  • Each album consists of 7 double leaves of illustration board, in which items are matted and mounted.
  • Included in albums: Leech, John. Letters, ca. 1850-1863 April 15. 4 items. Two addressed to members of publishing firm Bradbury & Evans, one to [Sir John] Millais, one to unknown correspondent (addressed as "My dear boy"). One decorated with 2 pen and ink drawings; one with a pencil sketch.
  • Binding: Blue morocco, gilt, and red morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, London.
Call Number
Arents BIP (Leech, J. Original drawings) AL 03-103
OCLC
NYPG03-F96
Author
Leech, John, 1817-1864. Artist
Title
Original drawings [graphic] / John Leech.
Imprint
ca. 1842-ca. 1860.
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Added Author
Whitehead, Charles, 1804-1862. Richard Savage.
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850. Brian O'Linn.
Smith, Albert, 1816-1860. Month.
Leech, John, 1817-1864. Mr. Briggs and his doings.
Leech, John, 1817-1864. Correspondence. Selections. 185--1863.
Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896, correspondent.
Bradbury & Evans, correspondent.
Zaehnsdorf (Firm) Binder
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Leech, J. Original drawings) AL 03-103
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