This resurce is an archive of more than 600 sketches by John Leech (generally regarded as the world's first satirical carttonist) published in Punch 1841-1859 sorted by date, keyword and title.

John Leech Archive

Interesting topics include the Crimean War, the Great Exhibition, hunting, the Chartist movement, the role of domestic servants and so on.
SketchKeyword Index

An alternative way to give pupils into what life was actually like

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