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VANITY
FAIR CARTOONS 1871 |
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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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GENUINE HISTORICAL and ANTIQUE
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THE FOLLOWING CARTOONS APPEARED IN
THE YEAR 1871
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the scanned image
| GERMANY | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: PRUSSIA The King of: Cotoe. Sovereign # 8. Coloured. Overall c. 8x14 ins. Decorative. Seated at table shown receiving 'gifts'. William Frederic Louis was born 1787. Became King 2nd January 1861 after a military career. Head of German freemasons. (Franco-prussian war. Militaria) | 1871. 01. 07 |
| AUSTRIA | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: APPONYI Count Rudolph: Ape. Top Hat. Cigar. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'One of the lambs of the Political Fold'. His family came from Hungary. Pupil of Metternich. Ambassador to London in 1860. Beard. Frock Coat. Umbrella. (Diplomats) | 1871. 01. 14 |
| INDIA | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: LAWRENCE Lord: Ape. Viceroy. Bow tie. Glasses. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'One of the best types of administrative ability in modern times'. (Peers). | 1871. 01. 21 |
| ACADEMICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: HUXLEY Professor: By Ape. 'A great Med'cine-Man among Inquiring Redskins' Frock coat. Glasses. | 1871. 01. 28 |
| TURKEY | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: PASHA H E Musurus (BEY): Ape. Ambassador. Fez. Beard. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'The most interesting of all the diplomatic corps in London'. (Diplomats) | 1871. 02. 04 |
| POST OFFICE | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: MONSELL The Rt. Hon. William: Ape. Postmaster General. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'The painstaking Irishman. Member of the Gladstone cabinet. (Ireland) | 1871. 02. 11 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: WHALLEY Mr George Hammond MP: Ape. 'The great believer in Roman Catholicism'. Coloured. Beard. Waistcoat. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Religion) | 1871. 02. 18 |
| CLERGY | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: MANNING Archbishop: Ape. 'The next Pope'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Protestant minister who became a Catholic. Archbishop of Westminster. | 1871. 02. 25 |
| ITALY | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: CADORNA The Chevalier Charles: Ape. Wearing medals. Ribbon. Decorative. Coloured. 'A liberal and an enemy of the priests: he fitly represents the Power which has seized Rome and suppressed the Pope. 'White bow tie. Glasses. Beard. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Diplomats). | 1871. 03. 04 |
| NORTHANTS Northamptonshire | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: HUNT The Rt. Hon. George Ward: Ape. 'The fat of the land'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Landowner who turned to politics. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Seated. Top Hat. Large beard. (Finance) | 1871. 03. 11 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: NOEL The Hon. Gerald James MP: Ape. Top Hat. Bow tie. Soldier. Coloured. Overall c. 8x14 ins. 'A nice little fellow'. | 1871. 03. 18 |
| IRELAND Eire | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: DOWSE Mr Richard MP: By Ape. 'An Irish wit and Solicitor-General'. Barrister. Fellow of Zoological Society. Top Hat. Waistcoat. Red Beard. (Law) | 1871. 03. 25 |
| PEERS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: LYTTELTON Lord: Ape. 'A man of position'. Whiskers. Bow tie. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 04. 01 |
| LANCS Lancashire | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: HARROWBY The Earl of KG: Ape. Liverpool MP. 'The last generation'. Coloured. Shown seated. Top hat. Glasses. Cravat. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Politics. Peers). | 1871. 04. 08 |
| PEERS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: EBURY Lord: 'A common-prayer reformer. 'Ape. Top Hat. Button hole. Umbrella. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 04. 15 |
| AUSTRALIA | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: NORMANBY The Marquis of: Governor of Queensland. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'By birth a man -by inheritance a Marquis and a Governor by his Sovereign's favour: he fills all his positions with credit'. Previously Governor of Nova Scotia Canada. Seated. Beard. | 1871. 04. 22 |
| ARTISTS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GRANT Sir Francis: Ape. 'An able artist and an excellent President'. Coloured. President of Royal Academy. Painter of Horses and Ladies. Wearing medal of office. Sid whiskers. Bow tie. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 04. 29 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: MAY Sir Thomas Erskine KCB: By Ape. 'Parliamentary Practice'. Wig. Gown. 'Parliamentary jurist and historian'. Wearing monocle. | 1871. 05. 06 |
| ARTISTS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: MILLAIS Mr John Everett RA: Ape. Painting at easel. 'A converted pre-Raphaelite'. Coloured. His family were from Jersey Channel Islands. Worked with Holman Hunt and Rossetti. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Famous) | 1871. 05. 13 |
| BEER | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: BASS Mr Michael Thomas MP: Ape. 'Beer'. Top Hat. Bow tie. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 05. 20 |
| ISRAEL | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: ROTHSCHILD Baron Mayer Amschel de MP: 'The winner of the race'. Coloured. Austrian Baron. Hobbies: Horse racing. Won the Derby in 1871. Top Hat. Beard. Stick. (Jewish. Finance. Banking). Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 05. 27 |
| FIRES | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: SHAW Capt Eyre: Ape. 'He well deserves is popularity'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Reorganised London Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Response time 2 or 3 minutes by the use of electric telegraph. Top hat. Beard. Buttonhole. | 1871. 06. 03 |
| LAW | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: TICHBORNE Sir Roger Dought Bart?: Ape. Famous trial. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Came from Australia to claim he was heir to an ancient barony. A cause celebrate of it's day. Holding top hat and gloves. 'Baronet or butcher'. | 1871. 06. 10 |
| NEWSPAPERS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: BORTHWICK Mr Algernon: Ape. 'The Morning Post'. Family from Scotland. Coloured. Wearing Grey top hat. Beard. Blue cravat. Walking stick. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Businessmen). | 1871. 06. 17 |
| CLERGY | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: YORK The Archbishop of: By Ape. Wearing vestments. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'The Archbishop of Society'. Dr Thomson. (Yorkshire) | 1871. 06. 24 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: SHAW-LEFEVRE Sir John George KCB: Ape. Clerk to House of Commons. Wig. Gown. 'La Reyne le veult'. Advisor in such as Australian Colonies. Poor Law. Civil Service in England and India. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Law). | 1871. 07. 01 |
| WILTS Wiltshire | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: MARLBOROUGH The Duke of: Ape. Top Hat. Bow tie. Umbrella. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'A Conservative religionist'. (Peers) | 1871. 07. 08 |
| PEERS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: SKELMERSDALE Lord: Ape. 'A Conservative whip'. Very large beard. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Lancs). | 1871. 07. 15 |
| WRITERS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: TENNYSON Alfred: Ape. 'The Poet Laureate'. Top Hat. Glasses. Beard. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Famous). | 1871. 07. 22 |
| YORKSHIRE | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: MIALL Mr Edward MP: Ape. 'The Nonconformist'. Bradford MP. Newspaper editor. Coloured. Previously MP for Rochdale Lancs in 1852. Wearing glasses. Bow tie. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 07. 29 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: BENTICK Mr George MP: 'Big Ben'. Seated. An imposing figure. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Hobbies: Yachting. Field sports. Hunting. Grey beard. | 1871. 08. 05 |
| LAW | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: LOCKE Mr John MP: Barrister. MP for Southwark London. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'The only man who is ever known to make Mr Gladstone smile'. Wearing coat. Carrying gloves. Grey beard. (Politics) | 1871. 08. 12 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: COLE Mr Henry CB: 'King Cole'. Conceived the Great Exhibition. Coloured. Overall c. 8x14 ins. Intent of 'reviving the artistic sense among his countrymen'. Originated ideas for South Kensington and the Albert Hall. Wearing check trousers. Dog begging in background. | 1871. 08. 19 |
| SPAIN | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: VILLANUEVA Don Manuel Rances y: 'The Spanish Minister'. Debonair. Coloured. Ambassador to London. From Andalucia. At one time banished to the Canary Islands. Wearing grey top hat. Wing collar. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Diplomats) | 1871. 08. 26 |
| PORTUGAL | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: SALDANHA The Duke of - The Portuguese Minister: 'He might have been King'. Coloured. Born in 1790. Fought under Wellington. Flamboyant character. White hair. Bow tie. Glasses. Seated. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Diplomats. Militaria. Served in Brazil. USA. ) | 1871. 09. 02 |
| LAW | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GURNEY The Rt. Hon. Russell MP: 'a Commissioner'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'expert in the practical administration of the Common Law in England'. Went to USA a commissioner for the tribunal for private claims arising out of the 'American rebellion'. Seated. | 1871. 09. 09 |
| RUTLAND | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: RUTLAND The Duke of: Smoking cigar. Beard. Glasses. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'He was once offered the leadership of the Conservative Party'. Hobbies: Shooting. Yachting. Horse riding. | 1871. 09. 16 |
| WRITERS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: WHYTE-MELVILLE Mr George John: 'The novelist of Society'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Shown seated wearing Top hat. Bow tie. Whiskers. Umbrella. Fought in the Crimea (Militaria). | 1871. 09. 23 |
| FAMOUS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: DARWIN Mr Charles R: 'Natural Selection'. Seated. Large grey beard. Origin of the Species. Depicted at the age of 62. | 1871. 09. 30 |
| SCOTLAND Scottish | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: LUSK Alderman MP: 'Now I want to know'. MP for Finsbury London. Coloured. Bow tie. Frock coat. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Businessmen) | 1871. 10. 07 |
| WARCS Warwickshire Warks | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: EATON Mr Henry William MP: 'Silk'. MP for Coventry. Debonair. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Shown seated wearing top hat. Buttonhole. Whiskers. | 1871. 10. 14 |
| CLERGY | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: VOYSEY The Rev. Charles: 'I have much to be thankful for'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. He held avante garde views. | 1871. 10. 21 |
| LANCS Lancashire | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: PENDER Mr John: 'Telegraphs'. Manchester Warehouseman. MP for Totnes Devon. Coloured. 'active and effectual part in the constructions of Ocean Telegraphs'. Whiskers. Frock coat. Umbrella. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Businessmen. Atlantic Cable. Post Office). | 1871. 10. 28 |
| LAW | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: JUDGES #05: KELLEY The Rt. Hon. Sir Fitz Roy Edward: Red Robes. Wig. Depicted at age 75. MP for Ipswich Suffolk in 1835. Became Solicitor-General and Attorney-General. 'The Lord Chief Baron'. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1871. 11. 04 |
| WRITERS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: ARNOLD Mr Matthew: Critic. Poet. Whiskers. Umbrella. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'I say the critic must keep out of the region of immediate practice'. (Famous. Academics) | 1871. 11. 11 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: DAWSON-DAMER Mr Lionel Seymour William MP: 'Hippy'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Fought in the Crimean War. Shown seated wearing loud waistcoat and trousers. Beard. (Militaria) | 1871. 11. 18 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: DILKE Sir Charles Wentworth Bart. MP: 'A far advanced Radical'. Coloured. 'is endeavouring to promote a Republic'. Somberley dressed in Frock coat. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 11. 25 |
| SCOTLAND Scottish | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: BAILLIE-COCHRANE Mr Alexander D R W MP: Red hair. Bow tie. Top Hat. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. 'Judicious Amelioration'. | 1871. 12. 02 |
| NOTTS Nottinghamshire | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: MUNDELLA Mr Anthony John MP: Sheriff of and MP for Nottingham. Coloured. 'Education and Arbitration'. Large beard. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Businessmen. Notts. ) | 1871. 12. 09 |
| DECORATIVE | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: DODSON Mr John George MP: Deputy Speaker. Books in foreground. Coloured. 'ever faithful to the traditions of East Sussex'. Hobbies: Mountaineering. Athletics. There is a hour glass in the background. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Politics) | 1871. 12. 16 |
| POLITICS | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: CAVENDISH-BENTINCK Mr. MP: 'Little Ben'. Top Hat. Bow tie. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 12. 23 |
| CEYLON | VANITY FAIR Cartoon: GREGORY Mr William Henry MP: 'An art critic'. Governor of Ceylon. Coloured. Wearing Top hat and frock coat. Beard. Umbrella. Trustee of the National Gallery. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1871. 12. 30 |
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