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JOHN LEECH.
Punch and Pictures of Life and Character.
Pencil with some watercolor. 24 prelimi-
nary sketches primarily for Punch and
Pictures of Life and Character, 1851-1854.
Most mounted on small cards with anno-
tations identifying the captions and places
of publication. Various sizes. Some signed
with initials “J.L.” Overall age-toning.
[800/1,200]
John Leech was the pre-eminent Punch car-
toonist before Sir John Tenniel. He is also
remembered for being the original illustrator of
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843).
Includes the sketch for “BLOOMERISM!,”
an early jab at Victorian feminism that
appeared in Punch in 1851.
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BERNARD LAMOTTE.
Contest submission sketchbook for The Limited
Editions Club edition of Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust. Over 140 preparatory sketches of
characters, street scenes, interiors, etc., variously in color, charcoal, etc.; many highly fin-
ished. Bound in black leatherette sketchbook. Presented to André Maurois by Lamotte on
the occasion of a Lamotte exhibition at the Bernheim Gallery in April 1950.The book was
published by the press in 1954. More images available online.
[3,000/4,000]
Accompanied by the exhibition catalogue A La Recherche de Marcel Proust par Bernard
Lamotte which lists 29 paintings by Lamotte and contains an introduction by Andre Maurois.
Also included is the Autograph Manuscript Signed of Maurois’s introduction.
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