New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

John Leech

28 works

John Leech (1817-1864) was a draftsperson, illustrator and caricaturist. Read more

Featured

Pencil sketch of a hooded figure climbing a ladder through a ceiling hatch while a woman with a candle and a child watch.

Sketch for "Mrs. Pottles Can't Abide a Crowd"

1856

Pen and watercolor drawing of a busy street with advertising hoardings and a large sandwich-board man labeled Monster Adverti

Lilthorpe's Gallant Attack on Street, Nuisances

1830

Caricature drawing of exaggerated men in top hats in a park, with a banner reading Long Live Punch.

Great Holiday in Mr. Punch's Park

1840/49

Pen and watercolor caricature of a stout man in a top hat leading a horse uphill past riders on the Brighton downs.

Mr. Briggs Goes Out with the Brighton Harriers

1850/59

Pen and watercolor drawing of umbrella-carrying figures walking past a garlanded maypole in the rain, with bare trees.

Oh! The Merry, Merry Month of May!!!

1850/59

Pen and watercolor caricature of a seated tailor fitting a row of soldiers in orange tunics with white trousers.

An Economical Mode of Putting Troops into White Trousers

1840/50

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a pink gown with men and a seated woman, two boys at right, caption below.

Juvenile: I say Charley, that's a jeuced fine girl

n.d.

Hand-coloured caricature of a shopkeeper selling pistols and blunderbusses to an armed man in a blue coat, with a caption.

Young Ireland in Business for Himself

1850/59

Pen and watercolor sketch of a woman, boy and groom in a stable with horses, one white horse saddled.

A Sketch from the Stand at Scarboro

1850/60

Colored pen drawing of men in a station with an insurance accidents poster, captioned Pleasant Prospect: A Day with the Stag.

Pleasant Prospect: A Day with the Stag

n.d.

Watercolor of holidaymakers wading and clinging to posts as the tide rises, with a rowboat and sailboats on the sea.

Overtaken by the Tide-Margate

1840/50

Watercolor caricature of a stout butcher in a teal coat seated among hanging carcasses with 9d price tags and a newspaper.

Our Butcher

c. 1840

Ink and watercolor sketch of a red-coated rider blowing a horn on horseback, with a dog hiding in bushes nearby.

Hide and seek

Pencil sketch of a stout man pointing at a top-hatted man leaning forward, with a bonnet-wearing figure behind them.

John Bull and Uncle Sam

1837-64

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man fishing as leaping fish and winged insects with human faces float above the river.

Fishey Flies and Fly Fishes (recto); Typeface Designs (verso)

1837-99

Watercolor of a cook leading fish, a turtle and ducks past a rabbit, fox and pig in a kitchen.

Kitchen Staff (recto); Mountainous Landscape with Hiker (verso)

1837-64

Watercolor of an anthropomorphic carrot with a watering can and a pale parsnip walking in a garden beside a cottage.

"Vegetarian Odd Fellows: or, Carrott and Pa-Snip"

1837-64

Watercolor sketch of a boy with a blue pail looking up at a woman in a bonnet, with a child peeking from behind her.

"Have You Been to the Pump, Simpson?"

1837-64

Watercolor comic sketch of a stout man in top hat and checked trousers beside a Cartes de Visite display with a handwritten c

Comic Sketch

1837-64

Watercolor caricature of a servant dusting a lantern on a crate beside a man with an oversized nose and bald head.

"Preparing for the Pantomime"

1836-64

Pen and watercolour sketch of an angler seated by a river with cows and ducks, under windblown trees.

"The Riverside, Favourable Wind and the Trout Rising as Fast as Possible"

1830-64

Pen and watercolor caricature of an old gentleman fishing through ice on a snowy bank while a small figure swings an ice pick

The Pike is a voracious fish and bites readily in the Winter months-Old Gentleman is VERY fond of fishing

1830-64

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seaside scene with bathing machine, riders, mermaid, and children playing on sand.

London at the Sea Side

1830-64

Pen and watercolor drawing of a boy on a carriage step and a girl reaching toward him beside a horse and coachman.

Boy (loq.) O don't I pity them poor Nobs in Carriages this hot weather

1830-64

Hand-colored sketch of a man in a green coat leaning over a woman in a white dress with blue trim in a room.

Design for "Hooking and Eyeing," a wood engraving published in "Punch" (recto); Sketch of two women and a man (verso)

1851

Sailor in blue uniform peering at a framed portrait in a gallery, with a grinning caricature face and a rope barrier.

In Greenwich Hospital

Watercolour interior scene of a seated mistress in a dark dress facing three standing maids in white aprons and caps.

Mistress and three servants

Pencil and wash drawing of a red-coated huntsman on a grey horse raising a whip, with a hound behind in tall grass.

The huntsman

John Leech (1817-1864) was a draftsperson, illustrator and caricaturist. John Leech was born and died in London. Browse 28 works by John Leech from 5 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata