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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Edwin Austin Abbey] ["Fairford Abbey"]](jpegs/63903.jpg)
[Edwin Austin Abbey] ["Fairford Abbey"]
Spy [Leslie Ward].
[Vanity Fair, Dec.r 28th 1898.]
Chromolithography, proof before letters. Image 330 x 180mm (13 x 7").
Full-length caricatured portrait of Philadelphia-born artist Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), famous for his set of murals, ''The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail'' in the Boston Public Library and the official painting of the coronation of King Edward VII. At the time of this portrait he lived in Fairford, Gloucestershire, and was the president of the Artists' Cricket Club.
[Ref: 63903] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward].
[Vanity Fair, Dec.r 28th 1898.]
Chromolithography, proof before letters. Image 330 x 180mm (13 x 7").
Full-length caricatured portrait of Philadelphia-born artist Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), famous for his set of murals, ''The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail'' in the Boston Public Library and the official painting of the coronation of King Edward VII. At the time of this portrait he lived in Fairford, Gloucestershire, and was the president of the Artists' Cricket Club.
[Ref: 63903] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![["popular Astronomy" Jehu Junior"]](jpegs/63690.jpg)
["popular Astronomy" Jehu Junior"]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. Jan.y 21.st 1904]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Irish astronomer, Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913).
See also reference 18036.
[Ref: 63690] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. Jan.y 21.st 1904]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Irish astronomer, Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913).
See also reference 18036.
[Ref: 63690] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frederick Barne] the Jockey Club.](jpegs/37878.jpg)
[Frederick Barne] the Jockey Club.
Spy. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair August 5 1882.
Chromolithograph. Printed area 340 x 185mm (13½ x 7¼"). Small hole in image.
Frederick Barne (1801-86), landowner and MP for the rotten borough of Dunwich from 1830 until its abolition in the Reform Act of 1832. Fifty years later he is depicted as an old man on a horse, smoking a cigar.
[Ref: 37878] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Spy. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair August 5 1882.
Chromolithograph. Printed area 340 x 185mm (13½ x 7¼"). Small hole in image.
Frederick Barne (1801-86), landowner and MP for the rotten borough of Dunwich from 1830 until its abolition in the Reform Act of 1832. Fifty years later he is depicted as an old man on a horse, smoking a cigar.
[Ref: 37878] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
!["Western Australia" [Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford G.C.B. K.C.D.]](jpegs/10808.jpg)
"Western Australia" [Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford G.C.B. K.C.D.]
[''Spy" monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image lower left.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith.
Vanity Fair Decr. 3rd. 1903.
Chromolithograph, image 320 x 190mm. 12½ x 7½".
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford KCB (1838 - 1913) was Governor of Western Australia from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909. His father was a Vice-Admiral. Sir Frederick joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14, and also served in the Crimean War.
[Ref: 10808] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[''Spy" monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image lower left.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith.
Vanity Fair Decr. 3rd. 1903.
Chromolithograph, image 320 x 190mm. 12½ x 7½".
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford KCB (1838 - 1913) was Governor of Western Australia from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909. His father was a Vice-Admiral. Sir Frederick joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14, and also served in the Crimean War.
[Ref: 10808] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
"the Salvation Army"
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair Nov.r 25 1882.
Chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of General William Booth (1829 -1912), Methodist preacher and founder of the Salvation army along with his wife.
[Ref: 63670] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair Nov.r 25 1882.
Chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of General William Booth (1829 -1912), Methodist preacher and founder of the Salvation army along with his wife.
[Ref: 63670] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
"The Air," (Mr. Frank Hedges Butler.)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Hentschel-Colourtype, London.
[Lobndon, 1907.]
Colotype. Printed area 360 x 230mm, 14 x 9", with strip of letterpress biography.
Frank Hedges Butler (1855 - 1928), pictured in a hot-air balloon, megaphone in hand. Butler was one of the first people in England to own a motor-car, becoming the first Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Automobile Club. In 1901 he made a balloon ascent from Crystal Palace accompanied by his daughter Vera and the Hon. Charles Rolls (later of Rolls-Royce): while flying over Sidcup Vera suggested the formation of an Aero Club and so the Aero Club of the United Kingdom (now the Royal Aero Club) was founded. He was also a life Fellow of the R.G.S. and a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Squadron.
[Ref: 24592] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Hentschel-Colourtype, London.
[Lobndon, 1907.]
Colotype. Printed area 360 x 230mm, 14 x 9", with strip of letterpress biography.
Frank Hedges Butler (1855 - 1928), pictured in a hot-air balloon, megaphone in hand. Butler was one of the first people in England to own a motor-car, becoming the first Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Automobile Club. In 1901 he made a balloon ascent from Crystal Palace accompanied by his daughter Vera and the Hon. Charles Rolls (later of Rolls-Royce): while flying over Sidcup Vera suggested the formation of an Aero Club and so the Aero Club of the United Kingdom (now the Royal Aero Club) was founded. He was also a life Fellow of the R.G.S. and a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Squadron.
[Ref: 24592] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![["our Joe"]](jpegs/63680.jpg)
["our Joe"]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. Jan.y 27 1877]
Chromolithograph proof, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼").
Full length caricature portrait of British statesman, Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914).
[Ref: 63680] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. Jan.y 27 1877]
Chromolithograph proof, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼").
Full length caricature portrait of British statesman, Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914).
[Ref: 63680] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
!["Sydney" [Sir Daniel Cooper.]](jpegs/18764.jpg)
"Sydney" [Sir Daniel Cooper.]
Spy [monogram of Sir Leslie Ward, in image.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lith.
Vanity Fair. Jany. 21 1882.
Chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½").
Sir Daniel Cooper (1821 - 1902), merchant and philanthropist who went to Sydney, Australia in 1843. Though he left for England in 1861 and never again resided permanently in New South Wales, he continued to serve the colony. He acted frequently as agent-general for New South Wales, attending to such matters as the negotiation and supervision of mail contracts, and occasionally rendering special services such as the inquiries which culminated in the selection in 1888 of Edward Eddy as chief commissioner for railways in New South Wales. In 1881 he was chairman of the London Committee of the Sydney International Exhibition and in 1886 sat on the royal commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. He was associated with the Royal Colonial Institute, warmly advocated imperial federation and in 1880 published A Federal British Empire the Best Defence of the Mother Country and her Colonies. In 1857 Cooper was elected to the Senate of the University of Sydney and became a generous benefactor.
[Ref: 18764] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [monogram of Sir Leslie Ward, in image.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lith.
Vanity Fair. Jany. 21 1882.
Chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½").
Sir Daniel Cooper (1821 - 1902), merchant and philanthropist who went to Sydney, Australia in 1843. Though he left for England in 1861 and never again resided permanently in New South Wales, he continued to serve the colony. He acted frequently as agent-general for New South Wales, attending to such matters as the negotiation and supervision of mail contracts, and occasionally rendering special services such as the inquiries which culminated in the selection in 1888 of Edward Eddy as chief commissioner for railways in New South Wales. In 1881 he was chairman of the London Committee of the Sydney International Exhibition and in 1886 sat on the royal commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. He was associated with the Royal Colonial Institute, warmly advocated imperial federation and in 1880 published A Federal British Empire the Best Defence of the Mother Country and her Colonies. In 1857 Cooper was elected to the Senate of the University of Sydney and became a generous benefactor.
[Ref: 18764] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[M.r Frank Crisp]](jpegs/63693.jpg)
[M.r Frank Crisp]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. May 31, 1890]
Chromolithograph proof, wit text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of English lawyer and microscopist, Frank Crisp (1843-1919), looking through a miscroscope.
[Ref: 63693] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. May 31, 1890]
Chromolithograph proof, wit text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of English lawyer and microscopist, Frank Crisp (1843-1919), looking through a miscroscope.
[Ref: 63693] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![["sensational art"]](jpegs/63681.jpg)
["sensational art"]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. Sep.r 15 1877]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of French artist, Paul Gustave Dore (1832-1883).
[Ref: 63681] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. Sep.r 15 1877]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of French artist, Paul Gustave Dore (1832-1883).
[Ref: 63681] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[His Majesty the King]](jpegs/63672.jpg)
[His Majesty the King]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
[Vanity Fair 19th June 1902]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 400 x 270mm (15¾ x 10½"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of King Edward VII (1841-1910) in formal military dress.
[Ref: 63672] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
[Vanity Fair 19th June 1902]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 400 x 270mm (15¾ x 10½"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of King Edward VII (1841-1910) in formal military dress.
[Ref: 63672] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
"Our Sailor Prince"
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair May 24 1890.
Chromolithograph, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert (later George V) (1865-1936) in formal naval dress.
[Ref: 63674] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair May 24 1890.
Chromolithograph, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert (later George V) (1865-1936) in formal naval dress.
[Ref: 63674] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![["She"]](jpegs/63683.jpg)
["She"]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. May 21 1887]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of writer, Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925).
[Ref: 63683] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. May 21 1887]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of writer, Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925).
[Ref: 63683] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
!["Mixed Forces" [General Sir Ian Hamilton.]](jpegs/16069.jpg)
"Mixed Forces" [General Sir Ian Hamilton.]
Spy [monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith.
Vanity Fair May 2nd. 1901.
Chromolithograph, image 345 x 190mm. 13½ x 7½".
General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton C.B. D.S.O. (1853 - 1947). He served in South Africa under Kitchener and Roberts.
[Ref: 16069] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith.
Vanity Fair May 2nd. 1901.
Chromolithograph, image 345 x 190mm. 13½ x 7½".
General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton C.B. D.S.O. (1853 - 1947). He served in South Africa under Kitchener and Roberts.
[Ref: 16069] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Hoylake.
Spy [Leslie Ward.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd lith.
Vanity Fair. July 16th 1903.
Chomolithograph. Printed area 330 x 190mm (13 x 7½"). Tear in right margin.
Harold Horsfall Hilton (1869-1942), golfer, one of only three amateurs to win an Open Championship, firstly at Muirfield in 1893, and again at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, 1897. He was also the first editor of Golf Monthly, an editor of Golf Illustrated and a course designer (for example Ferndown Golf Club in Dorset). Hewas inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978.
[Ref: 40691] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd lith.
Vanity Fair. July 16th 1903.
Chomolithograph. Printed area 330 x 190mm (13 x 7½"). Tear in right margin.
Harold Horsfall Hilton (1869-1942), golfer, one of only three amateurs to win an Open Championship, firstly at Muirfield in 1893, and again at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, 1897. He was also the first editor of Golf Monthly, an editor of Golf Illustrated and a course designer (for example Ferndown Golf Club in Dorset). Hewas inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978.
[Ref: 40691] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir William Huggins] Spectroscopic Astronomy"](jpegs/56851.jpg)
[Sir William Huggins] Spectroscopic Astronomy" Vanity Fair. April 9th. 1903. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. Lith.
Spy [Leslie Ward].
Chromolithograph. Sheet 385 x 265mm (15¼ x 10½")
Sir William Huggins (1824-1910), English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy.
[Ref: 56851] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward].
Chromolithograph. Sheet 385 x 265mm (15¼ x 10½")
Sir William Huggins (1824-1910), English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy.
[Ref: 56851] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Digby Jephson] The Lobster.](jpegs/56380.jpg)
Digby Jephson] The Lobster.
Spy [Leslie Ward].
Vanity Fair, May 22nd 1902.
Chromolithograph. 265 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Mount burn.
Digby Loder Armroid Jephson (1871-1926) in mid lob. While playing cricket for Cambridge University and Surrey, he earned the nickname 'The Lobster' for bowling slow right-arm underarm lobs. The Cricketers of Vanity Fair.
[Ref: 56380] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward].
Vanity Fair, May 22nd 1902.
Chromolithograph. 265 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Mount burn.
Digby Loder Armroid Jephson (1871-1926) in mid lob. While playing cricket for Cambridge University and Surrey, he earned the nickname 'The Lobster' for bowling slow right-arm underarm lobs. The Cricketers of Vanity Fair.
[Ref: 56380] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
!["Soldiers Three" [Rudyard Kipling.]](jpegs/9610.jpg)
"Soldiers Three" [Rudyard Kipling.]
[''Spy" monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image lower right.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair June 7, 1894.
Chromolithograph, image 315 x 185mm. 12½ x 7¼". Some wrinkling to paper.
(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), writer and poet. Born in Bombay, he was educated in England but returned to India and worked for Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore. His many publications include Plain Tales from the Hills, 1887, The Jungle Book, 1894, and Kim, 1901. He is unequalled as an observer of the Raj and as a commentator on the duties and obligations of empire. Later in life he settled in Sussex, from which he drew the inspiration for Puck of Pook's Hill, 1906, and Rewards and Fairies, 1910, as well as some of his finest late stories. Long out of favour because of the imperial themes in his work, he is now recognized as one of the major talents of his time. Stamped 'Specimen' upper right.
[Ref: 9610] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[''Spy" monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image lower right.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair June 7, 1894.
Chromolithograph, image 315 x 185mm. 12½ x 7¼". Some wrinkling to paper.
(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), writer and poet. Born in Bombay, he was educated in England but returned to India and worked for Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore. His many publications include Plain Tales from the Hills, 1887, The Jungle Book, 1894, and Kim, 1901. He is unequalled as an observer of the Raj and as a commentator on the duties and obligations of empire. Later in life he settled in Sussex, from which he drew the inspiration for Puck of Pook's Hill, 1906, and Rewards and Fairies, 1910, as well as some of his finest late stories. Long out of favour because of the imperial themes in his work, he is now recognized as one of the major talents of his time. Stamped 'Specimen' upper right.
[Ref: 9610] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
M.r J.R. Mason. Supplement to "The World."
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]
Gill.t Whitehead & C.o L.td New Eltham. S.E. [Published May 3, 1910.]
Rare chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½") large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of English amateur cricketer John Richard ‘Jack’ Mason (1874–1958), who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1893 and 1914, captaining the team between 1898 and 1902. He played for England in five Test matches on A. E. Stoddart's 1897–98 tour of Australia.
[Ref: 63668] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]
Gill.t Whitehead & C.o L.td New Eltham. S.E. [Published May 3, 1910.]
Rare chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½") large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of English amateur cricketer John Richard ‘Jack’ Mason (1874–1958), who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1893 and 1914, captaining the team between 1898 and 1902. He played for England in five Test matches on A. E. Stoddart's 1897–98 tour of Australia.
[Ref: 63668] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
"P.R.A"
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair. March 4.th 1897
Chromolithograph, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼") large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as President of the Royal Academy. He sits on a traveling combination artist's chair and easel, holding a palette and bush, with a mahl stick and other brushes resting on his legs.
[Ref: 63678] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
Vanity Fair. March 4.th 1897
Chromolithograph, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼") large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as President of the Royal Academy. He sits on a traveling combination artist's chair and easel, holding a palette and bush, with a mahl stick and other brushes resting on his legs.
[Ref: 63678] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Mixed Political Wares. Methodical & Methodist. Babble & Bluster. Faithful & Faddist. Supplement to Vanity Fair
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith.
Dec.r 3, 1892.
Collotype. Sheet 410 x 775mm (16 x 30½") Folded as issued, one split slightly.
A Vanity Fair caricature, an unusual triptych, with three pairs of portraits of new Liberal government: 'Methodical & Methodist' are Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908, Secretary of State for War and later Prime Minister 1905-8) and Henry Hartley Fowler (1830-1911, Liberal MP and the first Methodist to be raised to the peerage, as 1st Viscount Wolverhampton); 'Babble & Bluster' are William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898, Liberal Prime Minister 1892-4, at the time of publication) and William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904, Gladstone's Chancellor of the Exchequer); and 'Faithful & Faddist' are George Frederick Samuel Robinson ((1827-1909, Lord President of the Council under Gladstone) and John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910, 5th Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty under Gladstone).
[Ref: 46397] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith.
Dec.r 3, 1892.
Collotype. Sheet 410 x 775mm (16 x 30½") Folded as issued, one split slightly.
A Vanity Fair caricature, an unusual triptych, with three pairs of portraits of new Liberal government: 'Methodical & Methodist' are Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908, Secretary of State for War and later Prime Minister 1905-8) and Henry Hartley Fowler (1830-1911, Liberal MP and the first Methodist to be raised to the peerage, as 1st Viscount Wolverhampton); 'Babble & Bluster' are William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898, Liberal Prime Minister 1892-4, at the time of publication) and William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904, Gladstone's Chancellor of the Exchequer); and 'Faithful & Faddist' are George Frederick Samuel Robinson ((1827-1909, Lord President of the Council under Gladstone) and John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910, 5th Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty under Gladstone).
[Ref: 46397] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir William Ramsay] ''Chemistry.''](jpegs/46395.jpg)
[Sir William Ramsay] ''Chemistry.'' Vanity Fair Supplement.
Spy [Leslie Ward].
[Vanity Fair, 1908.]
Collotype. Sheet 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾").
Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916), KCB, FRS, FRSE, chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904.
[Ref: 46395] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward].
[Vanity Fair, 1908.]
Collotype. Sheet 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾").
Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916), KCB, FRS, FRSE, chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904.
[Ref: 46395] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Solicitor General] [(Sir, W. S. Robson, K.C.)]](jpegs/63666.jpg)
[The Solicitor General] [(Sir, W. S. Robson, K.C.)]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward] [Bemrose Dalziel Ltd., Watford & London.]
[Published in Vanity Fair 25 January 1906]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 400 x 270mm (15¾ x 10½") large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of William Snowdon Robson, 1st Baron Robson (1852-1918), lawyer, judge and Liberal politician: MP Bow and Bromley and Shouth Shields 1855.
[Ref: 63666] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward] [Bemrose Dalziel Ltd., Watford & London.]
[Published in Vanity Fair 25 January 1906]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 400 x 270mm (15¾ x 10½") large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of William Snowdon Robson, 1st Baron Robson (1852-1918), lawyer, judge and Liberal politician: MP Bow and Bromley and Shouth Shields 1855.
[Ref: 63666] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![["Conservative Whip"]](jpegs/63688.jpg)
["Conservative Whip"]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. Jan.y 21.st 1904]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Major Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill (1864-1934).
[Ref: 63688] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.]
[Vanity Fair. Jan.y 21.st 1904]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Major Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill (1864-1934).
[Ref: 63688] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
"Reggie" (Mr. R. H. Spooner.)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward] Bemrose Dalziel Ltd., Watford & London.
Vanity Fair Supplement. [n.d. c.1906]
Chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Reginald Herbert Spooner (1880-1961) played for Lancashire, Marylebone and England. Educated at Marlborough College, he was Wisden cricketer of the year in 1905 and also played Rugby Union.
[Ref: 63667] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward] Bemrose Dalziel Ltd., Watford & London.
Vanity Fair Supplement. [n.d. c.1906]
Chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of Reginald Herbert Spooner (1880-1961) played for Lancashire, Marylebone and England. Educated at Marlborough College, he was Wisden cricketer of the year in 1905 and also played Rugby Union.
[Ref: 63667] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
His Majesty's Servants.
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Gilb.t Whitehead & C.o L.td, New Eltham S.E.
Supplement To "The World," December 21ST, 1909.
Chromolithograph, sheet 365 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"). Vertical fold as issued. Tears repaired by being laid on archival paper.
A lightly caricatured group portrait of actors. They are from left to right: Miss Gertie Millar (Our Miss Gibbs) [Gertrude Ward, Countess of Dudley (née Millar (1879 -1952)], Miss Irene Vanbrugh (The Thief) [Dame Irene Boucicault DBE (née Barnes .1872 -1949)], Mr. Edmund Payne (Our Miss Gibbs) [Edmund James "Teddy" Payne (1863 -1914)], Mr. George Alexander (The Thief) [George Alexander Gibb Samson (1858 -1918)], Mr. H.B. Irving (The Lyons Mail) [Harry Brodribb Irving (1870 -1919)], Miss Violet Vanbrugh (The Women in the Case) [Violet Augusta Mary Barnes (1867 -1942)], Mr. George Grossmith, Junr. (Our Miss Gibbs.) [(1874 -1935)], Mr. Lewis Waller (Sir Walter Raleigh) [William Waller Lewis (1860 -1915)], Sir Herbert Tree (Trilby) [Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852 -1917)], Mr. Arthur Bourchier (Making a Gentleman) [(1863 -1927)] and Mr. Weedon Grosmith (Mr. Preedy and the Countess) [Walter Weedon Grossmith (1854 -1919)].
[Ref: 63825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Gilb.t Whitehead & C.o L.td, New Eltham S.E.
Supplement To "The World," December 21ST, 1909.
Chromolithograph, sheet 365 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"). Vertical fold as issued. Tears repaired by being laid on archival paper.
A lightly caricatured group portrait of actors. They are from left to right: Miss Gertie Millar (Our Miss Gibbs) [Gertrude Ward, Countess of Dudley (née Millar (1879 -1952)], Miss Irene Vanbrugh (The Thief) [Dame Irene Boucicault DBE (née Barnes .1872 -1949)], Mr. Edmund Payne (Our Miss Gibbs) [Edmund James "Teddy" Payne (1863 -1914)], Mr. George Alexander (The Thief) [George Alexander Gibb Samson (1858 -1918)], Mr. H.B. Irving (The Lyons Mail) [Harry Brodribb Irving (1870 -1919)], Miss Violet Vanbrugh (The Women in the Case) [Violet Augusta Mary Barnes (1867 -1942)], Mr. George Grossmith, Junr. (Our Miss Gibbs.) [(1874 -1935)], Mr. Lewis Waller (Sir Walter Raleigh) [William Waller Lewis (1860 -1915)], Sir Herbert Tree (Trilby) [Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852 -1917)], Mr. Arthur Bourchier (Making a Gentleman) [(1863 -1927)] and Mr. Weedon Grosmith (Mr. Preedy and the Countess) [Walter Weedon Grossmith (1854 -1919)].
[Ref: 63825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mr. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Bemrose Dalziel Ltd. Watford & London]
[Vanity Fair Supplement. May 10 1890]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of American businessman, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915).
[Ref: 63687] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Bemrose Dalziel Ltd. Watford & London]
[Vanity Fair Supplement. May 10 1890]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of American businessman, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915).
[Ref: 63687] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
"A General Group."
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Nov.r 29.th, 1900.
Chromolithograph, sheet 405 x 550mm (16 x 21½"). Middle fold as issued. Faint mount burn. Some light foxing outside of image.
Lightly caricatured portraits of military men in South Africa. They are from left: Colonel Plummer (Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857-1932)), General Hunter (Sir Archibald Hunter (1856-1936)), General MacDonald (Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (1853-1903)), Sir Redvers Buller (1839-1908), General Baden-Powell (Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides), Lord Roberts (Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914)), Lord Dundonald (Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl Dundonald (1852-1935)), Lord Kitchener (Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916)), Sir George White (1835-1912), General Pole-Carew (1849-1924), Sir Frederick Carrington (1844-1913) and General French (John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852-1925)). Lord Roberts rests one of his boots on the Vanity Fair caricature of Stephanus Johannes Paulus ('Paul') Kruger (1825-1904), President of the Transvaal Republic.
[Ref: 63821] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Nov.r 29.th, 1900.
Chromolithograph, sheet 405 x 550mm (16 x 21½"). Middle fold as issued. Faint mount burn. Some light foxing outside of image.
Lightly caricatured portraits of military men in South Africa. They are from left: Colonel Plummer (Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857-1932)), General Hunter (Sir Archibald Hunter (1856-1936)), General MacDonald (Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (1853-1903)), Sir Redvers Buller (1839-1908), General Baden-Powell (Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides), Lord Roberts (Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914)), Lord Dundonald (Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl Dundonald (1852-1935)), Lord Kitchener (Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916)), Sir George White (1835-1912), General Pole-Carew (1849-1924), Sir Frederick Carrington (1844-1913) and General French (John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852-1925)). Lord Roberts rests one of his boots on the Vanity Fair caricature of Stephanus Johannes Paulus ('Paul') Kruger (1825-1904), President of the Transvaal Republic.
[Ref: 63821] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
At Cowes. The R.Y.S.
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Dec.r 6, 1894.
Chromolithograph, sheet 385 x 525mm (15¼ x 20¾"). Vertical fold as issued. Some very light foxing.
A lightly caricatured group portrait of Members of the Royal Yacht Squadron during Cowes Week. They are from left to right: H.I.M The German Emperor (Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859-1941)), The Earl of Dunraven (Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1841-1926)), Rear-Admiral The Hon. Victor Montagu (1842-1915), H.R.H The Prince of Wales King Edward VII (1841-1910), The Marquis of Ormonde (James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde (1844-1919)) and The Earl of Lonsdale (Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944)).
[Ref: 63826] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Dec.r 6, 1894.
Chromolithograph, sheet 385 x 525mm (15¼ x 20¾"). Vertical fold as issued. Some very light foxing.
A lightly caricatured group portrait of Members of the Royal Yacht Squadron during Cowes Week. They are from left to right: H.I.M The German Emperor (Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859-1941)), The Earl of Dunraven (Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1841-1926)), Rear-Admiral The Hon. Victor Montagu (1842-1915), H.R.H The Prince of Wales King Edward VII (1841-1910), The Marquis of Ormonde (James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde (1844-1919)) and The Earl of Lonsdale (Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944)).
[Ref: 63826] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
On The Heath.
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Nov. 26, 1896.
Chromolithograph, sheet 405 x 550mm (16 x 21½"). Unfolded proof.
Lightly caricatured portraits of horsemen, racehorse trainers and jockeys on a racecourse. They are: James Jewitt (1856-99), Richard Marsh (1851-1933), Thomas ('Tom') Jennings Sr (1823-1900), John Dawson (1827-1903), Matthew Dawson (1820-1898), John Porter (1838-1922) founder of Newbury Racecourse & James Ryan (fl.1896).
[Ref: 63818] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Nov. 26, 1896.
Chromolithograph, sheet 405 x 550mm (16 x 21½"). Unfolded proof.
Lightly caricatured portraits of horsemen, racehorse trainers and jockeys on a racecourse. They are: James Jewitt (1856-99), Richard Marsh (1851-1933), Thomas ('Tom') Jennings Sr (1823-1900), John Dawson (1827-1903), Matthew Dawson (1820-1898), John Porter (1838-1922) founder of Newbury Racecourse & James Ryan (fl.1896).
[Ref: 63818] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Heads Of The Law.
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Hentschel-Colourtype Process.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Nov. 27th, 1902.
Chromolithograph, sheet 405 x 550mm (16 x 21½"). Unfolded proof.
Lightly caricatured portraits of ten senior legal figures. They are from left: Lord Justice Stirling (Sir James Stirling (1836-1916)), Mr. Justice Barnes (John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell PC (1848–1913)), Master of the Rolls (Richard Henn Collins, Baron Collins PC (1842–1911)) , Lord Justice Cozens-Hardy ((Lord Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, 1st Bt (1838-1920)), Mr. Justice Bingham, The Lord Chief Justice (Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, GCMG, PC, FRS (1842 –1915)), Mr. Justice Wright (Sir Robert Samuel Wright (1839-1904)), Lord Justice Romer, Lord Justice Williams (Sir Roland Bowdler Lomax Vaughan Williams (1838 – 1916)) and Lord Justice Mathew.
[Ref: 63823] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Hentschel-Colourtype Process.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Nov. 27th, 1902.
Chromolithograph, sheet 405 x 550mm (16 x 21½"). Unfolded proof.
Lightly caricatured portraits of ten senior legal figures. They are from left: Lord Justice Stirling (Sir James Stirling (1836-1916)), Mr. Justice Barnes (John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell PC (1848–1913)), Master of the Rolls (Richard Henn Collins, Baron Collins PC (1842–1911)) , Lord Justice Cozens-Hardy ((Lord Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, 1st Bt (1838-1920)), Mr. Justice Bingham, The Lord Chief Justice (Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, GCMG, PC, FRS (1842 –1915)), Mr. Justice Wright (Sir Robert Samuel Wright (1839-1904)), Lord Justice Romer, Lord Justice Williams (Sir Roland Bowdler Lomax Vaughan Williams (1838 – 1916)) and Lord Justice Mathew.
[Ref: 63823] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
On The Terrace A Political Spectacle.- "The Ayes have it - the Noes have it".
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Nov.r, 30 1893.
Chromolithograph, sheet 385 x 545mm (15¼ x 21½). Vertical creases as issued.
Lightly caricature portraits of a group of MP's on a terrace outside parliament, with a small black dog. They are: Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937), Joseph ('Joe') Chamberlain (1836-1914), Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835-1916), Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904), Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), Anthony John Mundella (1825-1897) & Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet (1826–1902).
[Ref: 63815] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Nov.r, 30 1893.
Chromolithograph, sheet 385 x 545mm (15¼ x 21½). Vertical creases as issued.
Lightly caricature portraits of a group of MP's on a terrace outside parliament, with a small black dog. They are: Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937), Joseph ('Joe') Chamberlain (1836-1914), Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835-1916), Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904), Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), Anthony John Mundella (1825-1897) & Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet (1826–1902).
[Ref: 63815] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)