6 drawings on silk : pen and black ink ; each 19 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Test 541 field.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Notes:
Collection of six drawings in pen and black ink on hand-made oval-shaped silk mats (of uniform size), possibly in the hand of the artist John Leech. All six reproduce scenes by Leech published in various issues of Punch, from 1860 to 1862.
Contents:
[1] Mrs. J. has the best of it -- [2] Awful apparition! -- [3] Filling up the census paper -- [4] Old Gent: "Do you know what a lie is sir?" -- [5] Old girl: "I should like thick braids ..." -- [6] A friendly interference.