Reviewing a collection of John Leech’s drawings for Punch in 1854, Thackeray recalls the gloomy Boydell Shakespeare pictures of his own childhood and contrasts them with the cheerful, decent humour of Leech, Richard Doyle and the comic artists of the day, praising Leech’s pretty girls, sporting gents and London street boys.
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