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Percival Leigh
Author
(1813 - 1889)
Percival Leigh was a Scottish surgeon. But he soon gave that to make his living as a comic writer, and later as assistant editor of Punch magazine.
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Bibliography
God’s Englishmen (1948)
A collection of drawings of Englishmen and women going about their daily business with some humorous commentary.
Author(s):
Percival Leigh
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe (1849)
Humorous drawings and texts explaining Victorian Britain to itself. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Percival Leigh
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle