{"title":"Cheney, Leo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeo Cheney (1878-1928)\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Accrington in 1878, where he attended the local Grammar School before becoming a bank clerk. He was the first pupil to enroll on Percy Bradshaw's cartoon correspondence course, and went on to sell cartoons to publications such as Boy's Own Paper and Bystander. He later became staff cartoonist on the Manchester Evening News.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is perhaps best remembered as the creator of the most famous 'Striding Man' version of the Johnnie Walker character for John Walker and Sons Whisky. Cheney gradually modified the original rather rakish figure into a 'rounder and more sociable character', and these drawings appeared in advertisements in the Illustrated London News between 1915 and 1919. However, his other illustrations also appeared in popular satirical and humour magazines such as The Passing Show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheney spent the final years of this life in Sussex, where he died in 1928.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cheney-leo-1878-1928-raleigh-the-gold-medal-motor-cycle-1924","title":"Cheney, Leo (1878-1928) - Raleigh, The Gold Medal Motor-cycle 1924","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis poster design by British artist and cartoonist Leo Cheney, is for Raleigh, The Gold Medal Motor-cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in jpeg format, that is 600dpi and 3493 pixels wide by 5278 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/cheney-leo\" title=\"Leo Cheney\"\u003eLeo Cheney\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51576721506634,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Cheney_Leo_1878-1928_-Raleigh_TheGoldMedalMotor-cycle1924_main.jpg?v=1755531546"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Cheney_Leo_1878-1928-5862546.jpg?v=1755531451","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/cheney-leo.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}