John Leech

John Leech (British, 1817–1864) has 2 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.

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. Leech's critical yet humorous cartoons on the Crimean War helped shape public attitudes toward heroism, warfare, and Britons' role in the world.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of John Leech's work on the site falls under Drawings (47), Illustration (31), Prints (30).

By movement, it's catalogued as Realism (99), Romanticism (14).

Culture: English (113).

By orientation: 63 landscape, 48 portrait, 2 square.

Other British artists of the period

If you like this artist, these contemporaries are catalogued too:

• Kate Greenaway — 460 artworks
• George Cruikshank — 381 artworks
• Edward Lear — 316 artworks
• Anna Atkins — 313 artworks
• Sir John Tenniel — 240 artworks
• Francis Seymour Haden — 237 artworks
• Hablot Knight Browne — 145 artworks
• Randolph Caldecott — 111 artworks

Prints of these artworks

As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 2 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally from $21.99.

Sizes and framing

Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.

Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.