John Leech

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John Leech
1817-1864
Scrooge's Third Visitor
Watercolor, over pencil, on paper.
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (140 x 114 mm)
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2006.21
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The engraved illustration faces p. 78 in the first edition of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

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Signed, "J. Leech".

Provenance: 
Sale, New York, A. Edward Newton, 16-18 April, 1941.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas Carol.

Bibliography: 

Annual Report 1941, p. 96

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