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VANITY
FAIR CARTOONS 1872 |
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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 1872
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the scanned image
| FRANCE | THIERS M. Louis Adolphe: 'Faute-de-mieux Premier'. Wearing glasses. Coloured. Lawyer. Journalist. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Politics). | 1872. 01. 06 |
| IRELAND Eire | CORK and ORRERY The Earl of: 'Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds'. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Peers. Hunting. Horses). | 1872. 01. 13 |
| DOCTORS | QUIN Dr: 'Homoeopathic Society'. Cravat. Frock coat. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 01. 20 |
| WRITERS | FROUDE Mr James Anthony: Historian. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. 'He created Henry VIII exploded Mary Stuart and demolished Elizabeth'. | 1872. 01. 27 |
| WRITERS | COLLINS Mr Wilkie: 'The Novelist who invented Sensation'. Coloured. Overall 8x14 ins. Seated. Large Beard. Glasses. (Famous) | 1872. 02. 03 |
| SUSSEX | WALPOLE The Rt. Hon. Spencer Horatio MP: 'He defended Hyde Park'. MP for Midhurst. Wearing: Wing collar. Bow tie. Carrying Top Hat and umbrella. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 02. 10 |
| WRITERS | RUSKIN Mr John: 'The realisation of the Ideal'. Poet. Artist. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. Wearing cravat and frock coat. (Famous) | 1872. 02. 17 |
| POLITICS | GLYN The Hon. George Grenfell: 'The Whip'. MP. Wearing frock coat. Bow tie. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 02. 24 |
| WRITERS | KINGLAKE Mr Alexander William: 'Not an MP'. Novelist. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. Seated. Holding glasses. Gave up politics for writing. | 1872. 03. 02 |
| BUSINESS | SMITH Mr William Henry MP: 'Newspapers'. Founded WH SMITH. Coloured. Founder of the chain of newsagent/bookshops still trading today. MP for Westminster. Wearing: Whiskers. Bow Tie. Waistcoat. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 03. 09 |
| LAW | PALMER Sir Roundell: Successful Lawyer. Attorney General. Coloured. Wearing: Bow tie. Frock coat. Holding quill pen. 'He refused the Woolsack and voted against the Disestablishment of the Irish Church'. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 03. 16 |
| IRELAND Eire | MAGUIRE Mr: 'A Home Ruler'. MP for Cork. Journalist. Coloured. Wearing Monocle. 8x14 ins. | 1872. 03. 23 |
| CLERGY | KINGSLEY Rev. Canon: 'The Apostle of the Flesh'. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. Born in Devon. Educated at Magdalene Cambridge. Canon of Chester. 'A born athlete'. (Ches. Academics. Writers. Athletics) | 1872. 03. 30 |
| FAMOUS | TYNDALL Professor John FRS: 'The Scientific Use of the Imagination'. Irishman. Chemistry. Physics. Beard. Bow tie. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Academics. Ireland) | 1872. 04. 06 |
| CLERGY | CUMMING The Rev. John DD: 'The End of the World'. Scotsman. Preaching. Coloured. Born in Scotland. Wearing vestments. Glasses. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Writers). | 1872. 04. 13 |
| YORKSHIRE | HARDY The Rt. Hon. Gathorne MP DCL: 'Conservative'. MP for Bradford. Lawyer. Educated: Shrewsbury School Shrops and Oriel. Wearing: Frock Coat. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 04. 20 |
| WRITERS | DIXON Mr William Hepworth: 'He discovered New America and Free Russia'. Coloured. Born in Yorkshire. Large beard. Cravat. Frock coat. Holding glasses. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 04. 27 |
| SPAIN | AMADEUS King of Spain: 'He would be a King'. Sovereigns #9. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. Moustache. Beard. Frock coat. (Royalty). | 1872. 05. 04 |
| POLITICS | LAWSON Sir Wilfrid Bart. MP: 'Permissive. Prohibition'. Anti-beer campaigner. Coloured. Long beard. Frock coat. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 05. 11 |
| USA | FISH The Hon. Hamilton American Secretary of Sate for Foreign Affairs. Coloured. 'Consequential damages'. Lawyer. Governor of NY State. Senator. Wearing: Beard. Frock Coat. Holding top hat. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 05. 18 |
| USA | SUMNER The Hon. Charles Member of the United States Senate. 'The Massive Grievance'. Born in Boston. Educated Harvard. Became a lawyer. Wearing: Bow Tie. Waistcoat. Holding glasses. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 05. 25 |
| USA | GRANT Gen. Ulysses S President of the United States of America: ' In rocking chair. Coloured. 'Captain. Tanner. Farmer. General. Imperator'. Beard. Bow tie. Smoking cigar. (Civil War. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Famous. Militaria) | 1872. 06. 01 |
| WRITERS | HUGHES Mr Thomas MP: 'Tom Brown'. Lawyer. Educated at Rugby. Oxford. Coloured. Wearing bow tie. Frock coat. Overall size 8x14 inches. (Famous) | 1872. 06. 08 |
| GLOS Gloucestershire | MORLEY Mr Samuel MP: 'Dissent'. MP for Nottingham then Bristol. Coloured. Business man turned politician. Wearing Wing collar. Frock coat. Gloves. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Notts) | 1872. 06. 15 |
| SOMT Somersetshire | WELLESLEY Sir Arthur Richard Duke of WELLINGTON KG PC: 'The son of Waterloo'. MP for Aldborugh Suffolk then Norwich Norfolk. Son of THE Duke of Wellington. Served in the army. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Militaria). | 1872. 06. 22 |
| ARTISTS | LEIGHTON Mr Frederick ARA: 'A sacrifice to the Graces'. Painter. Coloured. Overall 8x14 ins. Shown wearing white tie and tails. Beard. Buttonhole. | 1872. 06. 29 |
| MUSIC | COSTA Sir Michael: 'Orchestration'. Conductor. Born Naples Italy. Coloured. Shown at piano holding baton. Hobbies: Horses. Clocks). Overall size 8x14 ins. (Opera). | 1872. 07. 06 |
| LAW | LEEMAN Mr George. 'A Yorkshire Solicitor'. MP and Mayor of York. Coloured. Wearing top hat. Frock coat. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Banking. Finance) | 1872. 07. 13 |
| USA | GREELEY Mr Horace Candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Coloured. 'Anything to beat Grant'. Journalist. 'a taste for wild beliefs and agricultural pursuits'. Born Amherst New Hampshire. Founded the Morning Post and New Yorker. Glasses. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 07. 20 |
| POLITICS | BOUVERIE The Rt. Hon. Edward Pleydell MP: 'He did not decline the Speakership'. Coloured. Wearing top hat. Gaudy bow tie. Waistcoat. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 07. 27 |
| IRELAND Eire | DELAHUNTY Mr James MP: 'Currency'. Based in Waterford. Coloured. Advocated coming off the Gold Standard. Wearing Top Hat. Bow tie. Waistcoat. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Finance). | 1872. 08. 03 |
| CUMBS Cumbria Cumberland | HORSMAN The Rt. Hon Edward MP: 'the eccentric Liberal'. MP. Cockermouth. Scottish lawyer. Secretary of State for Ireland. Wearing wing collar. Frock Coat. Carrying top hat. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Scotland. Law). | 1872. 08. 10 |
| IRELAND Eire | RADSTOCK Lord: 'D. V. '. Evangelist. Lay preacher. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. Wearing bow tie. Frock coat. (Clergy). | 1872. 08. 17 |
| CLERGY | VAUGHAN Rev. Charles John DD: 'Nolo episcopari'. Wearing vestments. Coloured. Shown in pulpit. Educated Rugby and Trinity Cambridge. Vicar of Doncaster. Gave a testimonial for Harrow to build the Vaughan Library. c. 8x14 ins. (Mddx. Academics) | 1872. 08. 24 |
| STAFFS Staffordshire | VILLIERS The Rt. Hon. Charles Pelham MP: MP Wolverhampton. Lawyer. Coloured. 'He advocated Free-trade before it was safe to attack Protection'. Wearing bow tie. Monocle. Frock coat. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Law. Politics) | 1872. 08. 31 |
| CLERGY | CAPEL Monsignor: 'The Apostle to the Genteel'. Wearing vestments. Coloured. Roman Catholic. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 09. 07 |
| MDDX Middlesex | ENFIELD Lord MP: 'Answers questions'. MP for Tavistock Devon. Coloured. Wearing: Top Hat. Frock coat. Whiskers. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Politics. Peers) | 1872. 09. 14 |
| CLERGY | STANLEY The Very Rev. Arthur Penhryn DD Dean of Westminster. 'Philosophic Belief'. In pulpit. Wearing vestments. Educated Rugby. Oxford. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Writers). | 1872. 09. 21 |
| LAW | O'LOGHLEN The Rt. Hon. Sir Colman Michael Bart. 'an Irish baronet' MP: Irish Judge-Advocate. Coloured. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Ireland. Politics) | 1872. 09. 28 |
| USA | ADAMS Mr Charles Francis: 'An Arbitrator'. Grandson of John Adams. Coloured. Born in Boston Mass. Educated Harvard. Became a lawyer. Senator. Beard. Bow tie. Frock coat. Top Hat. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Diplomats. Law. Politics) | 1872. 10. 05 |
| CLERGY | BINNEY The Rev. Thomas: 'The head of the Dissenters'. Preaching. Coloured. Commenced career in Isle of Wight. Wearing vestments. Made a preaching tour to Australia. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 10. 12 |
| FRANCE | GAMBETTA Leon: 'He devoured France with activity'. Lawyer. Coloured. Overall 8x14 ins. Italian parents. Born in France. Rallied provincial France during the Franco Prussian war. (Politics) | 1872. 10. 19 |
| NORTHANTS Northamptonshire | COWEN Mr Joseph MP: 'Newcastle-on-Tyne'. MP for Newcastle. Coal mine owner. Coloured. Also brick maker. Overall size 8x14 ins(Business. Politics) | 1872. 10. 26 |
| EXPLORERS | STANLEY Mr H M: 'He found Livingstone'. Born Missouri USA. Coloured. Journalist employed by the New York Herald. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Africa. Famous) | 1872. 11. 02 |
| BUSINESS | WATERLOW Sir Sydney Hedley: 'The Lord Mayor'. Printers. Founded Printing business. Coloured. MP for Dumfries Scotland. Became Lord Mayor of London. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Politics). | 1872. 11. 09 |
| SUSSEX | BRAND The Rt. Hon. Henry Bouverie William MP: 'Mr Speaker'. MP Lewes. Coloured. Wearing wig and gown. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Politics) | 1872. 11. 16 |
| CLERGY | HALL The Rev. Newman: 'Come to Jesus'. In pulpit. Preaching. Coloured. Overall 8x14 ins. | 1872. 11. 23 |
| BERKS Berkshire | EYKYN Mr Roger MP: The Police Champion'. MP for Windsor. Coloured. Member of the Stock Exchange. Championed Metropolitan Police. Huntsman. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Hunting. Politics. Finance) | 1872. 11. 30 |
| ISRAEL | GOLDSMID Sir Julian Bart (ALT: Francis Henry). MP: 'St Pancras'. By APE. Lawyer. Son of a Bullion Dealer. Educated: University College. Barrister 1863. MP for Honiton Devon 1866. Rochester Kent 1870 to 1880. Business man. Hobbies: Hunting. Mountaineering. c. 8x14 ins. (Finance. Jewish). | 1872. 12. 07 |
| BUSINESS | LEVY Mr Edward OR REUTER Baron Paul Julius: 'Telegrams'. Biographical notes vary. Some refer to Baron Reuter (Reuters News Agency). Bought Daily Telegraph. Levy family printed a newspaper which was foundering. Large whiskers. Glasses. c. 8x14 ins. Coloured. (Israel Jewish. ) | 1872. 12. 14 |
| SUSSEX | FAWCETT Mr Henry MP: 'a Radical Leader'. MP for Brighton. Blind. Coloured. Went to Cambridge. Blinded in shooting accident. Hobbies: Rowing. Riding Horses. Fishing. Skating. Wearing dark glasses. Overall size 8x14 ins. | 1872. 12. 21 |
| WILTS Wiltshire | GOLDNEY Mr Gabriel MP: 'Practical'. MP for Chippenham. Solicitor. Coloured. Wearing Cravat. Waistcoat. Frock coat. Overall size 8x14 ins. (Law. Politics) | 1872. 12. 28 |
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