a second selection

INGOLDSBY LEGENDS WITH GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

 

 

John Leech has a reputation for graphic invention way beyond the evidence. So many ill-drawn hunters tumbling into ditches, anglers caught in the weeds, and social irritations of a minor nature. Here are eight examples however when the basic concept (Irish Builders, Defensove Cricket and Striped Shirts) infected his style and driven him to make a decent drawing and an unusual composition of it all.