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John Leech (29 August 1817 – 29 October 1864) was a British caricaturist and illustrator. He was best known for his work for Punch, a humorous magazine for a broad middle-class audience, combining verbal and graphic political satire with light social comedy.
View all 119 artworks. John Leech lived in the XIX cent., a remarkable figure of British Romanticism and Realism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- August 29, 1817
- October 29, 1864
John Leech (29 August 1817 – 29 October 1864) was a British caricaturist and illustrator. He was best known for his work for Punch, a humorous magazine for a broad middle-class audience, combining verbal and graphic political satire with light social comedy.
John Leech. Nacimiento: 29 de agosto de 1817. Fallecimiento: 29 de octubre de 1864. Nacionalidad: British. Movimiento: Romanticismo, Realismo. Género: caricatura, ilustración. Campo: ilustración, grabado, caricature.
Cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator famous for his work for Punch, Leech was educated at Charterhouse, and then studied medicine, but turned to art. From 1841 he contributed hundreds of sketches of middle-class life and political cartoons to Punch, as well as to the Illustrated London News (1843 onward) and Once a Week (1859-62).
English, 1817-1864. Follow. John Leech was a British caricaturist and illustrator. He was best known for his work for Punch, a humorous magazine for a broad middle-class audience, combining verbal and graphic political satire with light social comedy.
John Leech was a mid-19th century British caricaturist, illustrator and cartoonist. He is famous as the first illustrator of Charles Dickens' classic novel 'A Christmas Carol' (1843) and, together with Robert Seymour and George Cruikshank, the most famous of all Dickensian book illustrators. Leech was furthermore active as a cartoonist for Punch.
