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Created for a cartoon in <em>Punch</em> magazine, this satirical sketch shows an older woman climbing to her house’s roof to see fireworks rather than face the street crowds. Illustrated magazines like <em>Punch</em> played an important role in shaping Victorian visual culture. They also offered artists a way to reach wider audiences and a source of steady income. John Leech joined <em>Punch</em> soon after its founding in 1841. His weekly sketches helped shape the magazine’s light humor, which was aimed at the middle class. Leech’s depictions of everyday people and use of sequential scenes were important precedents for modern comics.
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Document identity
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105921
label
Sketch for "Mrs. Pottles Can't Abide a Crowd"
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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105921
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drawing
title
Sketch for "Mrs. Pottles Can't Abide a Crowd"
description
Created for a cartoon in <em>Punch</em> magazine, this satirical sketch shows an older woman climbing to her house’s roof to see fireworks rather than face the street crowds. Illustrated magazines like <em>Punch</em> played an important role in shaping Victorian visual culture. They also offered artists a way to reach wider audiences and a source of steady income. John Leech joined <em>Punch</em> soon after its founding in 1841. His weekly sketches helped shape the magazine’s light humor, which was aimed at the middle class. Leech’s depictions of everyday people and use of sequential scenes were important precedents for modern comics.
date
1856
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79892030
creators
1492
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 16.4 x 15.4 cm (6 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
cul
England, 19th century
accession
1924.1004
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graphite
tombstone
Sketch for "Mrs. Pottles Can't Abide a Crowd", 1856. John Leech (British, 1817–1864). Graphite; sheet: 16.4 x 15.4 cm (6 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.1004
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DR - British
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 05:41:50.652000
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105921
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Drawings
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DR - British
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graphite
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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