Pictures of Life and Character

Excerpt from Pictures of Life and CharacterHe gave in a few strokes the look of the hunting-field in winter - the dark, damp slopes, the black, dense hedges, the low, thick sky. Leech depicted, with infinite vividness, the acci dents of the chase and the fishing-season; and his treatment of the horse, in especial, con tributed greatly to his popularity. He understood the animal, - and drew him as if he knew how to ride as well as to draw.There is far more fun, more good drawing, more good sense, more beauty, in John Leech's Punch pictures than in all the Art Union illustrations, engrav ings, statuettes, etc., etc., put together. - Dr. John Brown in his Notes on Art.The truth, the strength, the free vigour, the kind humour, the John Bull pluck and spirit of that hand are approached by no competitor. With what dex terity he draws a horse, a woman, a child. You see youth, strength, enjoyment, manliness in these drawings.-w. M. Thackeray.His work contains the finest definition and natural history of the classes of our society, the kindest and subtlest analysis of its foibles, the tenderest flat tery of its pretty and well-bred ways, with which the modesty of subservient genius ever immortalised or amused careless masters. - John Ruskin.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.