The English illustrator and caricaturist John Leech (1817-1864) is best known for his work for Punch, the humorous and satirical magazine founded in 1841 by Henry Mayhew. During his time at Punch, he produced around 3000 caricatures as well as other illustrations for the magazine.

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Excerpt from John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character: From the Collection of "Mr. Punch" Genius. And the right way too - ain't it? Bi'own (falntly). OH - im-measuraely su-ferior. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.