British caricaturist and illustrator (1817–1864)

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Buildings and alumni of Charterhouse, London and Surrey. Colour lithograph by Beynon & Company after [H. Hale].

Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey: Founder's Day dinner, coat of arms, important school plaques and people. Wood engraving by W. Collins, 1883.

John Leech. Photograph.

Horae subsecivae / by John Brown.

A man dressing in a bathing machine. Wood engraving by J. Leech.

A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.

A man is trying to escape up a tree as the fish he has caught is writhing around on the bank of the river. Coloured process print after John Leech.

An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

British politicians as huntsmen arriving at a river representing the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act 1887. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 3 December 1887.

Women bathing in the sea near their bathing machines. Wood engraving by J. Leech.

A man dressed in a hat and heavy coat is carrying a fishing rod as he nears a turbulent river on a very windy day. Process print after John Leech.

John Solomon Rarey with the stallion 'Cruiser', observed by onlookers. Wood engraving by J. Swain after J. Leech, 1858.

A man is standing on the banks of a river with a fishing line in the water, he is hunched against the very wet and windy weather. Coloured process print after J. Leech.

An unscrupulous chemist selling a child arsenic and laudanum. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

Two doctors aloof from one another in disagreement. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

A young woman is walking along a plank near a beach hut as another reads a book and the children play in the sand. Chromolithograph after John Leech, 1865.

A man is standing on the banks of a river with a broken fishing line and an escaping fish; he then appears from out of the water with the fish in his arms. Coloured process print after John Leech.

Doctors reduced to drinking in a seedy public house: representing the effect of the various Reform bills introduced by Sir James Graham. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

A doctor changing into hunting clothes in his carriage while rushing to join a fox-hunt. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1859.

A new doctor being vetted by a local parish committee. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

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John Leech

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Images by John Leech

Images featuring John Leech

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A man is standing on the banks of a river with a broken fishing line and an escaping fish; he then appears from out of the water with the fish in his arms. Coloured process print after John Leech.

Doctors reduced to drinking in a seedy public house: representing the effect of the various Reform bills introduced by Sir James Graham. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

A doctor changing into hunting clothes in his carriage while rushing to join a fox-hunt. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1859.

A man is trying to escape up a tree as the fish he has caught is writhing around on the bank of the river. Coloured process print after John Leech.

A new doctor being vetted by a local parish committee. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

John Leech

Images from the collections

Images by John Leech

Images featuring John Leech

Works from the collections

A man is standing on the banks of a river with a broken fishing line and an escaping fish; he then appears from out of the water with the fish in his arms. Coloured process print after John Leech.

Doctors reduced to drinking in a seedy public house: representing the effect of the various Reform bills introduced by Sir James Graham. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

A doctor changing into hunting clothes in his carriage while rushing to join a fox-hunt. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1859.

A man is trying to escape up a tree as the fish he has caught is writhing around on the bank of the river. Coloured process print after John Leech.

A new doctor being vetted by a local parish committee. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

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