The female blondin outdone! Grand morning performance on the narrow plank

by the darling xxxx by After John Leech

$500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A delightful image of three fashionable young ladies and their younger siblings, all enjoying the benefits of a day beside the sea. An unusually large scale work from the famous illustrator of Dickens, Surtees, Thackeray and others. In 1862 John Leech 'essayed a series of so-called sketches in oil, which were exhibited at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, in June and the following months. These consisted of copies of a selection of his Punch drawings, which had been

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