Sketch for "Mrs. Pottles Can't Abide a Crowd"

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Artist: John Leech
Date: 1856
Medium: graphite
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions: [object Object]
Collection: Drawings
Culture: England, 19th century
Credit line: Dudley P. Allen Fund

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John Leech

John Leech was a pioneering British caricaturist and illustrator, best known for his witty social commentary and political satire in Punch magazine.

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