John Leech
1817-1864
The House of Call
1842?
4 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (102 x 127 mm)
Graphite and chalk on paper, inlaid within paper border.
1986.584:2
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Drawing by Leech for an etched illustration to face p. 226 of W.H. Maxwell's "The fortunes of Hector O'Halloran"; originally published in 13 parts by R. Bentley, April 1842-May 1843.
Associated names
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850. Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
Reproduced in: The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 83.
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