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Location
At Hillside Cottage, Bonchurch Shute, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight Description The gate pillar bears a plaque marking it as a place where the caricaturist John Leech stayed in 1849. |
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Plaque
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Inscription
WHILST STAYING HERE IN 1849 JOHN LEECH 1817 - 1864 CARTOONIST & ILLUSTRATOR CHIEF PICTORIAL PILLAR OF 'PUNCH' ILLUSTRATED A SPECIAL SHOWER-BATH CONTRAPTION ERECTED ON THE BEACH BY HIS FRIEND CHARLES DICKENS Further Information Wikipedia article : John Leech |
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