Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
John Leech (1817-1864), Illustrator and caricaturist
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Cartoonist and draughtsman; abandoned medicine for art; published first illustrations, 1835; contributed to Punch, 1841-64, and became the leading comic cartoonist of his period; illustrated several books; published sporting sketches.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.