. Catalogue of an exhibition of works by John Leech : (1817-1864) held at the Grolier club from January 22 until March 8, 1914. N(\ 276 CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY JOHN LEECH (1817-1864) HELD AT THE GROLIER CLUB FROMJANUARY 22 UNTIL MARCH 8, 1914 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STANLEY KIDDER WILSON. NEW YORK THE GROLIER CLUB1914 osve^t v:d n 44 Copyright, 1914, by The Grolier Club of the City of New York INTRODUCTION The admirer of author or painterhas not less satisfaction in exploitinghis author because he knows thatevery other admirer must ipso factoagree with him; and when, as in theca
. Catalogue of an exhibition of works by John Leech : (1817-1864) held at the Grolier club from January 22 until March 8, 1914. N(\ 276 CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY JOHN LEECH (1817-1864) HELD AT THE GROLIER CLUB FROMJANUARY 22 UNTIL MARCH 8, 1914 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STANLEY KIDDER WILSON. NEW YORK THE GROLIER CLUB1914 osve^t v:d n 44 Copyright, 1914, by The Grolier Club of the City of New York INTRODUCTION The admirer of author or painterhas not less satisfaction in exploitinghis author because he knows thatevery other admirer must ipso factoagree with him; and when, as in thecase of one so well-admired as JohnLeech, he consciously represents avery great chorus, the task of paint-ing the lily becomes a high John Leech unques-tionably was; indeed, infelicitous aswill be held a phrase which onceserved Louis Quinze, I think weshould be justified in writing Leechwell-loved. The geniality, the can-dor, the invulnerably clean mind, theforthright homeliness of Leechs art,cumulative in the pages of Punch formore than twenty years, had setLeech inaccessibly in the affections ofvii INTRODUCTION his countrymen. Grief more trench-ant, more spontaneous, than thatwhich swept England on Leechsdeath, has yet to be recorded of thedeath of English artist. But this
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