Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
Vanity Fair was a weekly magazine of social, literary and political content which was published in London from 1868 until February 5, 1914. It was favorite of Victorian and later, Edwardian England. Most popular of its features were the wonderful full page caricatures of famous men and women of the day. These lithographs remain Vanity Fair’s greatest legacy. The two most famous artists who worked for Vanity Fair were “Ape” (Carlo Pellegrini) and “Spy” (Leslie Ward), but many other artists provided images for this long running series of delightful caricatures.
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Artist: Sir Leslie Ward
Luke Fildes, painter, Vanity Fair artist portrait chromolithograph, 1892
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'He painted '"he Doctor"'
Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, KCVO, RA (1843-1927) who was an English painter and illustrator born at Liverpo...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Edward Poynter, painter, Vanity Fair artist portrait chromolithograph, 1897
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'PRA'
(President of the Royal Academy)
Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet, PRA, who was an English painter, designer, ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Lionel Charles Palairet, Vanity Fair cricket portrait chromolithograph, 1903
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Repton, Oxford & Somerset'
Vanity Fair portrait of Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet (1870-1933) who was an English amateur cricketer who played for Somerset and Oxford University....
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Early 20th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Gilbert
Sullivan: Framed Pair of 19th C. Vanity Fair Portraits
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a pair of Vanity Fair color chromolithograph caricatures of the famous and beloved English musical composers and playwrights Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir Leslie Ward (Spy) (1851-1922) and Carlo Pellegini (Ape) (1839-1889). The portrait of Arthur Sullivan entitled "English Music" was published in Vanity Fair on March 14, 1874 and W. S. Gilbert entitled "Patience" was published in the Men of the Day portion of Vanity Fair on May 21, 1881.
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900) is regarded as the finest British composer of the 19th century. He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including such enduring works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Sullivan composed 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and other church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. The best known of his hymns and songs include "Onward Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord".
Sir William Schwenck (WS) Gilbert (1836-1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan. Gilbert's creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, and numerous short stories, poems and lyrics, both comic and serious.
These Vanity Fair portraits of Gilbert and Sullivan are presented in identical ornate black wood frames and cream-colored French mats with grey inner mats. The frames each measure 21.75" x 16" x .88". The frames and prints are in excellent condition.
From 1868 until February 5, 1914, Vanity Fair, a weekly magazine of social, literary and political content, was very popular in Victorian and later, Edwardian England. The most popular of its features were the full page caricatures of famous men and women of the day which included their biographies, which remains the magazines lasting legacy. Vanity Fair's most famous artists were Carlo Pellegrini who signed his works “Ape” and Leslie Ward, known as “Spy”, but many other artists and writers contributed caricatures and prose to the publication, including Lewis Carroll, Willie Wilde, P. G. Wodehouse, Jessie Pope and Bertram Fletcher Robinson.
Thomas Gibson...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
40 HP in a dinghy
, Vanity Fair naval portrait chromolithograph, 1906
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Cavalry Division'
Vanity Fair portrait of Admiral Sir Compton Edward Domvile GCB GCVO (1842-1924) who was a distinguished Royal Navy officer in the Edwardian era.
390mm by 26...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
William Booth, Founder of "The Salvation Army": A 19th C. Vanity Fair Caricature
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 19th century Vanity Fair color chromolithograph caricature of William Booth "The Salvation Army" by Spy (Leslie Ward) November 25, 1882, No. 2...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Digby Jephson, Vanity Fair cricket portrait chromolithograph, 1902
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Lobster'
Vanity Fair cricket portrait of Digby Jephson. Jephson was an all-rounder for Surrey who is best remembered for his lob bowling, a style he cultivated after employing...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
a good soldier
, Vanity Fair military army portrait chromolithograph, 1884
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'a good soldier'.
Vanity Fair portrait of Lt.General George Wentworth Alexander Higginson, who was born in 1826. He joined the Grenadier Guards at 1...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Robert Abel, Vanity Fair cricket portrait chromolithograph, 1902
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Bobby'
Vanity Fair cricket portrait of Robert Abel. Abel was a right hand batsman and bowler for Surrey and England.
390mm by 265mm (image)
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
William Higgs, jockey, Vanity Fair horse racing portrait chromolithograph, 1906
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Top of the List'
Vanity Fair portrait of William Higgs (1880-1958). Higgs was a Irish jockey who was Champion Jockey on two occasions He won the 2000 Guineas on Slieve Gallion.
...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Frank Wootton, jockey, Vanity Fair horse racing portrait chromolithograph, 1909
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Frank Wootton'
Hentschel-Colourtype, 1909
Vanity Fair portrait of Frank Wootton. (1893 -1940), known as "Frank" or "Frankie", and sometimes referred to as "The Wonderboy", who wa...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Dr Robert Spicer, Vanity Fair medical portrait chromolithograph, 1902
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Rhinology'
Vanity Fair portrait of Dr Robert Spicer, 'a specialist in matters relating to ears, noses and throats'.
Accompanied by original descriptive text.
380mm by 260mm (sh...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Henry Searle, rower, Vanity Fair rowing portrait chromolithograph, 1889
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'H Searle, Professional Champion Sculler of the World'.
Vanity Fair rowing portrait of Henry Searle (1866-1889), an Australian sculler who raced in...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Robert Ball, astronomer, Vanity Fair portrait chromolithograph, 1905
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Popular Astronomy'
Vanity Fair portrait of Irish astronomer Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913). In 1867 he became Professor of Applied Mathema...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Samuel Loates, jockey, Vanity Fair horse racing portrait chromolithograph, 1896
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Sam Loates'
Vanity Fair portrait of Samuel "Sam" Loates (1865 - 1932) was a British Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was the Champion Jockey of 1899.
395mm by 265mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Vanity Fair Caricature, Rev. Edgar Sheppard "A Great Marrier" by Spy
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Alamo, CA
Vanity Fair color chromolithograph caricature of Rev. Edgar Sheppard "A Great Marrier" by Spy (Leslie Ward) March 14, 1904 from the "Clergymen" series....
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Hand Colored 19th c. Vanity Fair Caricature of an Opera Singer, "Polish Tenor"
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand colored Vanity Fair caricature of a 19th century opera singer, M Jean de Reszke, entitled 'Polish Tenor'. The print was created by the most famou...
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1890s Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Lord Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Vanity Fair portrait chromolithograph, 1877
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'a sculptor'
Vanity Fair portrait of Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower. He was a connoisseur and collector. He practised as a sculpto...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Sir Leslie Ward Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
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the Jockey Club
, Vanity Fair equestrian portrait chromolithograph, 1903
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Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'the Jockey Club'.
Vanity Fair portrait of Mr Frederick Barne on horseback.
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Lord Londesborough, Vanity Fair coaching Irish portrait chromolithograph, 1878
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'a whip'
Vanity Fair portrait of Lord Londesborough, an Irish landowner, shown driving a coach holding reins.
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Baron Adolph Deichmann, Vanity Fair coaching portrait chromolithograph, 1903
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'Four-in-Hand'.
Vanity Fair portrait of Baron Adolph Wilhelm Deichmann who was a coaching enthusiast.
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Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Vanity Fair music cello portrait chromolithograph, 1883
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'a Wandering Minstrel'.
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George Barrett, jockey, Vanity Fair horse racing portrait chromolithograph, 1887
By Sir Leslie Ward
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'George Barrett'
Vanity Fair portrait of George Barrett (1863-1898) who was a leading English jockey. His won the 1885 1000 Guineas aboard Farewell an...
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William Griggs, jockey, Vanity Fair horse racing portrait chromolithograph, 1906
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'He rides for Lord Durham'
Vanity Fair portrait of William Griggs. He won the 1000 Guineas on "Cinna" in 1920.
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