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Genuine antique maps and historical prints. Postaprint. VANITY FAIR CARTOONS
1868/9

From 1868 to 1914 Vanity Fair caricatures both lampooned and praised eminent Victorian and Edwardian Politicians, Sportsmen, Lawyers and other 'Men of the Day'. They are renowned throughout the world and highly collectible. They range in price from a few $'s up to several hundred for the scarcer & more sought after subjects.
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THE FOLLOWING CARTOONS APPEARED IN THE YEAR 1868/9
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FAMOUS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: DISRAELI Rt. Hon Benjamin. Prime Minister. (Later Earl of Beconsfield). 'He educated the Tories…'. Top hat. Long coat. Umbrella. By Singe. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Jewish. Israel. Politics) 1869. 01. 30
FAMOUS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GLADSTONE The Rt. Hon. William E. Top Hat. Frock Coat. c8x14 ins. 'Were he a worse man he would be a better statesman'. 1869. 02. 06
LANCS                          Lancashire VANITY FAIR Cartoon: BRIGHT The Rt. Hon. John: APE. Top hat and coat. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. 'Will the sentimental orator be lost in the practical Minister or will both be extinguished'. Whiskers. Bow Tie. Umbrella. Statesmen #3. Son of Cotton spinner. (Business) 1869. 02. 13
CLERGY VANITY FAIR Cartoon: STARR Mrs. Late Mother Superior of the Convent…at Hull: c8x14 ins. By Ape. Coloured. There was a court case involving this lady. (Law. Ladies) 1869. 02. 20
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: LOWE The Rt. Hon. Robert: APE. Top Hat. Umbrella. Coloured. c8x14 ins. 'An enemy to democracy yet a professor of liberal principles which tend to democracy: the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England'. Tutor at Oxford. Went to Australia. Carrying umbrella. Statesmen #4 1869. 02. 27
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: FORSTER The Rt. Hon. W. E: APE. Beard. Top Hat. Glasses. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'If he is not an advanced liberal it is for want of advancing himself'. Statesmen #5. 1869. 03. 06
PEERS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GRANVILLE Lord: APE. Bow tie. Frock coat. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. Secretary for the Colonies. Shown speaking in the House of Lords. (Politics) Statesmen #6. 1869. 03. 13
PEERS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: HARTINGTON The Marquis of: APE. Top Hat. Beard. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'His ability and industry would deserve respect even in a man: in a Marquis they command admiration'. Post Office box in background. Coronet. (Politics) Statesmen #8. 1869. 03. 27
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: CARDWELL The Rt. Hon. Edward: APE. Top Hat. Bow tie. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'If the State is happy that has no history thrichappy is the Statesman who makes none'. Wearing frock coat. Statesmen #9 1869. 04. 03
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: STANSFELD The Rt. Hon. James: APE. Top Hat. Beard. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'Pour encourager les autres'. Carrying brief case. Statesmen #10 1869. 04. 10
SCOTLAND                  Scottish VANITY FAIR Cartoon: ARGYLL The Duke of. By Ape. Bow Tie. Frock coat. 'God bless the Duke of Argyll'. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. 1869. 04. 17
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: CLARENDON The Earl of: APE. Frock Coat. Bow Tie. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'To say that he is the best foreign minister in the country is not much as foreign ministers go: but as times go it is a great deal'. (Diplomat). Statesmen #12 1869. 04. 24
PEERS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: SYDNEY Viscount: APE. Top Hat. Frock coat. Whiskers. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'He received the Royal Commands and lengthened the skirts of the Ballet'. Lord Chamberlain. (Politics). Statesmen #13. 1869. 05. 01
PEERS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GREY Earl. 'A privileged person'. Top Hat. Wing collar. Gloves. By APE. Coronet in top right of the print. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Politics) 1869. 05. 08
LAW VANITY FAIR Cartoon: WESTBURY Lord: [APE]. 'An eminent Christian man'. Lord Chancellor. Coloured. Shown speaking in Parliament. Top Hat. Coronet. Overall size c8x14 ins. (Politics) Statesmen #15. 1869. 05. 15
PEERS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GREY and RIPON Lord de: APE. 'Qualis ab inepto'. Top Hat. Beard. Coloured. Landowner. Education minister. Overall size c8x14 ins. (Politics. Yorkshire) Statesmen #16. 1869. 05. 22
DERBYS                         Derbyshire VANITY FAIR Cartoon: DERBY The Earl of: APE. 'It is his mission to stem the tide of democracy'. Coloured. Wearing Top Hat. Glasses. Bow Tie. Overall size c8x14 ins. (Politics). Statesmen #17 1869. 05. 29
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: RUSSELL Earl: APE. 'The greatest liberal statesman of modern times'. Coloured. Prime Minister. Leader of the Liberals. Overall size c8x14 ins. Shown seated in Parliament. Top Hat. Beard. (Peers). Statesmen #18 1869. 06. 05
FINANCE VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GOSCHEN The Rt. Hon. G. J: APE. 'The theory of Foreign Exchanges'. Coloured. Career in the City. Board of Trade. Duchy of Lancaster. Overall size c8x14 ins. (Politics) Statesmen #19 1869. 06. 12
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: CHILDERS The Rt. Hon Hugh C. E: APE. 'A returned colonist'. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. Entered politics in Australia. Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty by Gladstone. Wearing Top Hat. Beard. Frock coat. (Naval). Statesmen #20 1869. 06. 19
PEERS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: STANLEY Lord: APE. 'He speaks with one party and acts with the other'. Coloured. Wearing Top Hat. Carrying umbrella. Overall size c8x14 ins. (Politics). Statesmen # 21 1869. 06. 26
NORTHANTS                Northamptonshire VANITY FAIR Cartoon: PETERBOROUGH The Bishop of: APE. Wearing vestments. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. Dr Magee. 'If eloquence could justify injustice he would have saved the Irish Church'. (Clergy. Ireland). Statesmen #22 1869. 07. 03
WILTS                             Wiltshire VANITY FAIR Cartoon: SALISBURY The Marquis of: APE. Speaking in Parliament. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'He is too honest a Tory for his party and his time'. Wearing frock coat. Top hat on floor. Beard. Coronet. (Politics). Statesmen #23 1869. 07. 10
PEERS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: KIMBERLEY Lord: APE. Shown speaking in Parliament. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'He improves if possible but he accepts always the accomplished fact'. Career included governing Ireland. Beard. Coronet. (Politics). Statesmen #24 1869. 07. 16
CLERGY VANITY FAIR Cartoon: OXFORD The Bishop of: By Ape. Wearing vestments. 'Not a brawler' Surname Wilberforce. c. 8x14 inches. 1869. 07. 24
LAW VANITY FAIR Cartoon: CAIRNS Lord: APE. 'When birth cannot lead Brains must'. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. Conservative leader in the House of Lords. Wearing top hat. Tails. Coronet. (Politics). Statesmen #26 1869. 07. 31
SOMT                            Somersetshire VANITY FAIR Cartoon: SOMERSET The Duke of: APE. Top Hat. Waistcoat. Cane. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'Proud and sincere yet liberal and just he refused to serve under the most humble of premiers'. (Politics). Statesmen #27 1869. 08. 07
IRELAND                         Eire VANITY FAIR Cartoon: FORTESUE The Rt. Hon. Chichester S. P: APE. Secretary for Ireland. Coloured. 'He married Lady Waldegrave and governed Ireland'. Wearing Top hat. Frock Coat. Cravat. Umbrella. Overall size c8x14 ins. (Politics). Statesmen #28. 1869. 08. 14
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: BRUCE The Rt. Hon. Henry Austin: APE. Home Secretary. Coloured. 'He has gained credit by converting himself to the Ballot: he would gain greater credit by converting himself into an ex-secretary of State for the Home Department'. Overall size c8x14 ins. Statesmen #29. 1869. 08. 21
LAW VANITY FAIR Cartoon: LAYARD The Rt. Hon. Austen Henry: APE. Top Hat. Beard. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. Lawyer. Journalist. Archaeologist. Excavator at Ninevite. Diplomat. Expert on Eastern affairs. (India. Diplomats. ) Statesmen #30 1869. 08. 28
FRANCE VANITY FAIR Cartoon: NAPOLEON III. Emperor of the French. By Coide. Decorative. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'La regime parlemenatire' The angel of Liberty (?) in background. (Royalty). Sovereigns #1. 1869. 09. 04
WALES VANITY FAIR Cartoon: CARNARVON Lord: APE. Frock coat. Glasses. Coronet. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'The whole love of that great party to which I thought I had the honour to belong was nothing but a mere organised hypocrisy'. (Politics. Peers). Statesmen #31 1869. 09. 11
SPAIN VANITY FAIR Cartoon: ISABELLA II. Queen of SPAIN: By Coide. Decorative. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'She has throughout her life been betrayed by those who should have been most faithful to her'. Driven out by Military coup. (Royalty). Sovereigns #2. 1869. 09. 18
IRELAND                         Eire VANITY FAIR Cartoon: ABERCORN The Duke of. Viceroy of Ireland. By APE. Top Hat. Coronet. 'Promoted from a Viceroyalty to a Dukedom'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Peers). 1869. 09. 25
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GRANT-DUFF Mr M. E. MP: APE. 'A philosophic liberal'. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. Large red beard. Carrying top hat. Frock coat. 1869. 10. 02
BELGIUM VANITY FAIR Cartoon: LEOPOLD II. King of the BELGIANS: BY Coide. Decorative. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. Shown holding bags of money! 'With France and Prussia pressing on each side'. (Royalty) Sovereigns No. 3 1869. 10. 09
RUSSIA VANITY FAIR Cartoon: ALEXANDER II. Emperor of RUSSIA: By Coide. Decorative. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'La civilisation russe'. Sovereigns No 4. Depicted hold sword. Wearing Crown. Repressed uprising in Poland. (Royalty). 1869. 10. 16
LAW VANITY FAIR Cartoon: AYRTON Mr A. S. MP: APE. 'Mind and modesty'. Barrister. Debonair. Coloured. Top Hat. Umbrella. Overall size c8x14 ins. 1869. 10. 23
TURKEY VANITY FAIR Cartoon: ABDUL AZIZ Sultan of Turkey. Decorative. Girls on his knees.   'Ote-toi de la que je m'y mette'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Corde. 1869. 10. 30
CLERGY VANITY FAIR Cartoon: TEMPLE The Rev. Frederick DD Bishop. . EXETER. [APE].   Later Archbishop of Canterbury. Educated at Rugby. Seated. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. (Devon. Warcs. Kent) 1869. 11. 06
WILTS                             Wiltshire VANITY FAIR Cartoon: SHAFTESBURY The Earl of: By Ape. Top hat. Beard. Coloured. Overall size c8x14 ins. 'He is not as other men are for he is never influenced by party motives'. (Politics. Peers) 1869. 11. 13
POLITICS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: MANNERS The Rt. Hon. Lord JOHN J. R. MP: APE. Speaking in Parliament. Coloured. 'Let arts and commerce laws and learning die. But leave us still our old nobility' Also a poet. Wearing frock coat. Bow tie. Grey haired. Top Hat. Distinguished. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Poets). 1869. 11. 20
FAMOUS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: DE LESSEPS Le Viscomte Ferninand: [APE]. 'He suppressed an isthmus'. Coloured. Built Suez Canal. Panama. Shown wearing robes. Holding shovel. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (France. Business) 1869. 11. 27
FREEMASONS VANITY FAIR Cartoon: ZETLAND The Earl of: [APE]. Wearing Regalia. Medals. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'The Most Worshipful Grand Master'. (Peers. Politics. Decorative) 1869. 12. 04
LAW VANITY FAIR Cartoon: JUDGES #02. PENZANCE Lord: [APE]. 'A Judge and Peer'. Wig. Gown. Coloured. Quill pen. Probate and Divorce Division Judge. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Cornwall. Peers) 1869. 12. 18
CLERGY VANITY FAIR Cartoon: CANTERBURY The Archbishop of: [APE]. 'An earnest and liberal Primate'. Coloured. Headmaster of Rugby. Glasses. Dog collar. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Kent. Warcs. ) 1869. 12. 25

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