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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.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    34766i
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  • 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.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    15640i
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  • A doctor changing into hunting clothes in his carriage while rushing to join a fox-hunt. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1859.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    1859
    Reference
    13794i
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  • 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.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    34761i
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  • A new doctor being vetted by a local parish committee. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    15696i
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  • Mr. Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    18187i
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  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    1863
    Reference
    13800i
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  • Two working-class men wearing top hats and moustaches, imitating the fashions of the upper classes, rejoice in their new-found equality in fashion. Wood engraving after John Leech, 1854.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    [1854?]
    Reference
    35215i
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  • 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.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    1800-1899
    Reference
    34767i
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  • A young man visiting a surgeon-apothecary in his workroom, where the proprietor shows him one of his prize natural history specimens. Etching by J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    1848
    Reference
    16015i
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  • An African medicine man or shaman using symbols and small animals to eject a demon (disease). Wood engraving by Dalziel after J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    21353i
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  • An unscrupulous chemist selling a child arsenic and laudanum. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    15630i
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  • An overweight man being driven through the sea in a carriage drawn by a small thin man on a horse. Wood engraving by J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    35444i
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  • John Solomon Rarey with the stallion 'Cruiser', observed by onlookers. Wood engraving by J. Swain after J. Leech, 1858.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    [1858]
    Reference
    571877i
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  • John Mitchel striding to his trial in the middle of a marching band: the trombonist has accidentally knocked over the triangle-player in front. Letterpress and wood engraving after J. Leech, 1848.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    1848
    Reference
    34174i
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  • A doctor tells an obese lady all the possible horrendous diseases she might have. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    15575i
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  • Caesar's forces attempt to land on the beach of Dover. Coloured etching by John Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    [1840?/1850]
    Reference
    588784i
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  • William the Conqueror dressed in armour on horseback observes a motley collection of volunteers. Coloured etching by John Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    1840-1850
    Reference
    588785i
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  • Joseph Muff an unscrupulous physician and pharmacist giving child a mixture of medicine for her mother. Wood engraving by E. Landell after J. Leech, 1842 (?).

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    15638i
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  • Women visiting a beach to enjoy geological collecting, study, sewing and other worthy activities. Chromolithograph after John Leech, 1865.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    Jany. 2nd 1865
    Reference
    37620i
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  • A hotel managed by noblemen. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    1800-1899
    Reference
    31518i
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  • A man dressing in a bathing machine. Wood engraving by J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    35410i
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  • A beardless young man asks his hair-dresser to shave his beard: another hair-dresser and his client look on in amusement. Coloured wood engraving after John Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    1840-1849
    Reference
    29785i
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  • 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.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    34768i
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  • A man has caught a fish on the end of his line, but the fish is so strong that it is pulling the man across the rocks. Coloured process print after John Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    34762i
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