John Leech
1817-1864
Railway miseries
1845
Graphite on paper, mounted onto detached album pages.
4 5/16 x 7 inches (110 x 178 mm) or smaller
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.583
Notes:
Original drawings for a series of 12 illustrations entitled "Railway miseries" which appeared in "Punch's almanack for 1846," published in Punch, vol. 10, Jan.-June, 1846.
Drawings comprising this group have also been cataloged individually.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 85.
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