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VANITY
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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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THE FOLLOWING CARTOONS APPEARED IN
THE YEAR 1874
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| DURHAM | LUMLEY Mr Augustus Savile. 'Cotillon'. Durham family. By Ape. Became soldier. After the Crimean War went to Antwerp Belgium to develop his taste for art. Tried working in finance. Became an artist. A great entertainer. In white tie and tails. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 01. 03 |
| MUSIC | EDINBURGH HRH The Duke of. 'First Violin'. By Ape. 2nd son of Queen Victoria. Joined the navy. Travelled widely. Hobbies: Shooting. Wearing white tie and tails. Buttonhole. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Royalty. Scotland). | 1874. 01. 10 |
| ITALY | PANIZZI Sir Anthony KCB. From Modena. 'Books'. By Ape. Born in Italy. Became a lawyer. Soldier. Came to England. Professor at University College London. Keeper of Printed Books British Museum. Grey beard. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 01. 17 |
| YORKSHIRE Yorks. | WOMBWELL Sir George Orby Bart. By APE. Soldier. Farmer. Top Hat. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'Our Sir Gearge'. EDUCATED: Eton Berks. Served in 17th Lancers. Fought at Balaclava Crimea. HOBBIES: Hunting. Horse racing. Good judge of cattle. WEARING: Cravat. Carrying cane. (Militaria) | 1874. 01. 24 |
| IRELAND Eire | DESART The Earl of. By APE. Lived in Kilkenny. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'Chesterfield Letters'. Served in Coldstream Guards. Served in Canada. Amateur dramatics. Writer. Wearing: Top Hat. Cravat. Gloves. Carrying cane. (Peers. Militaria) | 1874. 01. 31 |
| COACHING | CARRINGTON Lord. 'Charlie'. Holding coach reins. By Ape. Served in the Army. Very rich. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Peers) | 1874. 02. 07 |
| NEWSPAPERS | JOHNSTONE Mr James. 'The Standard'. By Ape. Initially an accountant. Bought the Standard when it had a circulation of 700 in 1857 which he built up to 80. 000 by 1869 and to 1 million in 1874. Shown holding a copy of the paper. Wearing: Glasses. Bow tie. c. 8x14 ins. Coloured. (Journalism) | 1874. 02. 14 |
| LINCS Lincolnshire | CHAPLIN Mr Henry MP. Bred and raced horses. Won Derby. 'A turf reformer'. By Ape. Horse racing was his main occupation. Big landowner. Wearing top hat. Monocle. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics. Debonair). | 1874. 12. 05 |
| FINANCE | GRANT Mr Albert MP. By APE. Banker. Gave Leicester Square to public. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'Leicester Square'. Wearing: Buttonhole. Cravat. Fob watch. Waistcoat. (London. Business) | 1874. 02. 21 |
| LAW | HUDDLESTON Mr John Walter QC MP: 'A future Judge'. By Ape. Shown wearing wig and gown. Several appointments including Judge Advocate of the Fleet. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 02. 28 |
| LAW | JAMES Mr Henry MP. 'Nervous'. In Wig/gown. Taunton MP. Solicitor General then Attorney General. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Somersetshire) | 1874. 03. 07 |
| FAMOUS | SULLIVAN Mr Arthur. [Gilbert and Sullivan]. By Ape. 'English Music'. By Ape. Son of a musician. Choir Boy. Went to Germany to study. Composer. Shown in Black Tie and tails. Monocle. Holding baton. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Opera) | 1874. 03. 14 |
| UNIFORMS | GOSSETT Captain Ralph Allen. Sergeant-at-Arms. Parliament. 'Popular Members'. By Ape. In uniform. Wearing sword. Large side whiskers. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics). | 1874. 03. 21 |
| STAFFS Staffordshire | FORSTER Sir Charles Bart. MP. Walsall. 'An Amateur Whip'. Educated at Oxford. Lawyer. Rich. Inherited coal mines. Wearing bow tie. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics). | 1874. 03. 28 |
| PEERS | LANSDOWNE The Marquis of. 'Family'. By Ape. 'Enormously rich'. Wearing Top Hat. Bow Tie. Spatts. Buttonhole. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics) | 1874. 04. 04 |
| YORKSHIRE Yorks. | ROEBUCK Mr John Arthur MP. By APE. Sheffield MP. Wearing glasses. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'Tear 'em'. Grey hair. Frock coat. Walking stick. Bow tie. (Politics). | 1874. 04. 11 |
| UNIFORMS | WOLSELEY Sir Garnet J Bart. KCB. In tropical uniform. 'The man who won't stop'. By Ape. Born in Ireland. Family was from Staffordshire. Entered the army at 18. Fought in Burma. Crimea. India (relieved Lucknow). China. Canada. Gold Coast (Ghana - Ashantee War). c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 04. 18 |
| POLITICS | HENLEY The Rt. Hon. Joseph Warner MP. By APE. Top Hat. Gloves. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'Common Sense'. Privy Councillor. President of the Board of Trade for a few months. | 1874. 04. 25 |
| INDIA | FITZGERALD The Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey GCSI. 'Bombay'. By Ape. Family from Ireland. Became a lawyer. Turned to Politics. Governor of Bombay in 1867. Organised the Abyssinian expedition. Bow tie. Frock coat. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics). | 1874. 05. 02 |
| CAMBS Cambridgeshire | HARDWICKE Lord. By APE. MP for Cambridgeshire. Loved Horse Racing. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'High Political Office'. Wearing: Top Hat. Buttonhole. Gloves. Walking stick. Master of HM Buckhounds. (Hunting. Debonair) | 1874. 05. 09 |
| LANCS Lancashire | CROSS The Rt. Hon. Richard Assheton. MP for Lancashire. By Ape. Born in Lancs. Educated Rugby and Cambridge. Rose to become Home Secretary. Wearing glasses. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics). | 1874. 05. 16 |
| WRITERS | STANHOPE EARL Philip-Henry. By APE. Wearing glasses. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 's noble writer'. Politics: MP at age 25. 'inventor of the National Portrait Gallery'. (Peers). | 1874. 05. 23 |
| MILITARIA | SANDHURST The Rt. Hon. Lord GCB. GCSI. By APE. Not in uniform. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'Military advice'. Shown seated. Wearing glasses. Served in Punjab India. Crimea. Bombay Army. C-in-c Ireland in 1870. (Peers. Politics). | 1874. 05. 30 |
| DEVON Devonshire | DEVONSHIRE The Duke of. 'Position' By Ape. Educate at Cambridge. Mathematician. Became an MP. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Peers. Politics) | 1874. 06. 06 |
| SOMT Somersetshire | BATH The Marquis of. By APE. Wearing Top Hat. Beard. Walking stick. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'Ancient lineage'. Family name Thynne. (Peers). | 1874. 06. 13 |
| SPAIN | VILLANUEVA Don Manuel Rances y. (Marquis D'AZEGLIO). By APE. Diplomat. White tie and tails. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'Il Marchese'. Born in Andalucia. Banished to Canary Islands. Returned to Madrid after the revolution and served in Brazil. Switzerland. Frankfort. Dresden. Berlin. Vienna. London. | 1874. 06. 20 |
| LAW | ADAM The Rt. Hon. William Patrick MP. By APE. Doctor of Laws. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. 'The Past'. Lawyer who became an MP (Scotland). Lived in Kinross and Brompton London. Secretary to Governor of Bombay India. Wearing: Top Hat. Moustache. Waistcoat. (Politics). | 1874. 06. 27 |
| IRELAND Eire | TAYLOR Col. The Rt. Hon. Thomas Edward MP. 'Lately whipped'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. In the Dragoon Guards. Justice of the Peace. Privy Councillor. Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster. Large red beard. Walking stick. Frock coat. (Politics. Militaria). | 1874. 07. 04 |
| BEDS Bedfordshire | BEDFORD The Duke of. 'The head of the Russells'. Large beard. Seated. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Wearing top hat. Frock Coat. Once MP for Bedfordshire. (Peers. Politics) | 1874. 07. 11 |
| ESSEX | PRAED Mr Herbert. MP. Colchester. 'The Philanthropist'. By Ape. On Roller skates. Hobbies: Skating. Fencing. And racquets (Akin to tennis). Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics) | 1874. 07. 18 |
| WILTS Wiltshire | MALMESBURY Earl of. James Howard Harris. GCB. PC. DCL. 'Diplomacy'. By Ape. Beard. Wing collar. Seated. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics. Peers) | 1874. 07. 25 |
| DOCTORS | THOMPSON Sir Henry. Born in Suffolk. Surgeon. Monocle. 'Cremation' which he advocated. Went to University of London. 'devoted himself to the carving branch of the healing art' ! Surgeon at University College Hospital. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 08. 01 |
| HANTS Hampshire | SCLATER-BOOTH The Rt. Hon George MP. North Hampshire. 'The safe man'. By Ape. Born in Hampshire. Educated Winchester and Oxford. Became a lawyer. Secretary to the Treasury. Served under Disraeli. Wearing Top hat and frock coat. Beard. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 08. 08 |
| WRITERS | HELPS Sir Arthur KCB. 'Council' . Wearing white tie and tails. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Clerk to the Privy Council. Beard. Buttonhole. (Politics. Finance). | 1874. 08. 15 |
| IRELAND Eire | BEACH The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Hicks. Secretary for Ireland. 'A scagliola apollo'. By Ape. Origins in Gloucestershire. Large red beard. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics). | 1874. 08. 22 |
| LINCS Lincolnshire | WINN Mr Rowland MP. 'the lash'. Conservative whip. Country squire. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Wearing: Top Hat. Whiskers. | 1874. 08. 29 |
| HANTS Hampshire | WOLFF Sir Henry Drummond KCMG MP. Christchurch. 'Consular chaplains'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Entered Foreign Office at 16. Norfolk militia at 20. Commissioner for Ionian Islands (Greece). Wearing: Top Hat. Glasses. Moustache. Frock coat. | 1874. 09. 05 |
| DOCTORS | CLAYTON Mr Arthur. 'Fashionable surgery'. By Ape. Son of a surgeon. Family was from Gloucestershire. Worked under Rowland Hill and Faraday. Surgeon to the Prince of Wales. Deputy-Lieutenant for Tower Hamlets London. Wearing glasses. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 09. 12 |
| SAILING | BATTHYANY Count Edward. 'Yachting'. In flannels. By Ape. Hungarian family. Educated at Eton where he rowed. Other hobbies: Shooting. Riding horses. Tennis. Chamberlain to Austrian Emperor. Holding Telescope. Smoking cigarette. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 09. 19 |
| YORKSHIRE Yorks. | HUDSON Sir James GCB: 'Ill-used' . Large grey bear. A diplomat. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Yorkshire family. At 20 was Assistant Private Secretary to King William IV. Career in Rome. Washington USA. Brazil ('to destroy the slave trade'). Tuscany/Piedmont Italy. Hobbies: Singer. Artist. | 1874. 09. 26 |
| SUSSEX | CAVE The Rt. Hon. Stephen MP. Shoreham. 'Amends'. By Ape. Came from rich family from West Indies. Educated Harrow. Oxford. Became a lawyer. Director of Bank of England. London Dock Company. Top Hat. Beard. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics. Banking) | 1874. 10. 03 |
| LAW | GORDON The Rt. Hon. Edward Strathearn. 'Lord Advocate'. Scotsman. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Queen's Counsel. Sheriff. Solicitor-General for Scotland. Lt. Col of Queen's City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers. (Militaria). Beard. Bow tie. Waistcoat. Top Hat. | 1874. 10. 10 |
| CLERGY | HESSEY The Rev. James Augustus DCL. 'Merchant Taylors'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Educated Oxford. Head of Merchant Taylors School at 33. Protestant Academic. Wearing clerical robes. Glasses. In pulpit. | 1874. 10. 17 |
| YORKSHIRE Yorks. | BRADFORD The Earl of. 'Master of the Horse'. Debonair. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Interests: Racing. Top Hat. Beard. Bow tie. Frock coat. Umbrella. (Peers. Politics). | 1874. 10. 24 |
| SAILING | ASHBURY Mr James Lloyd MP. Brighton. 'The Ocean Race'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Family made railway carriages. Top hat. Large beard. Gloves. (Sussex. Politics) | 1874. 10. 31 |
| FINANCE | LABOUCHERE Mr Henry du Pre. MP Windsor. Berkshire. And later Middlesex. 'Modest assurance'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14. By Ape. Began as a diplomat. Attache in Washington USA at 22. Inherited fortune from his uncle. Newspaper and Theatre owner. Top Hat. Smoking cigarette. (Politics) | 1874. 11. 07 |
| YORKSHIRE Yorks. | SYKES Mr Christopher. 'the Gull's friend'. Top hat. Beard. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Country squire. Rich. MP and diplomat. (Sent to Denmark). Introduced bill to protect Gulls. Tall rather debonair figure. Walking stick. Gloves. (Politics) | 1874. 11. 14 |
| POETS | SWINBURNE Mr Algernon Charles. 'Before sunrise'. By Ape. Grandfather was an Earl. Father an Admiral. Educated Eton. Oxford. 'He has grand ideas of Liberty'. Became a famous poet. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 11. 21 |
| CLERGY | COLENSO The Rt. Rev. John William DD. Bishop of NATAL. 'the Pentateuch'. Born in Cornwall. Father a mining agent. Educated Cambridge. Mathematics tutor at Harrow. Went to Norfolk Went to South Africa in 1854. Wearing glasses. Umbrella. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 11. 28 |
| BUSINESS | HAY Lord William. 'The Director' of many companies. By Ape. Born in Scotland. Went to India at 20. Official in Punjab and Simla. Wearing top hat. Beard. Umbrella. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Politics) | 1874. 12. 12 |
| FAMOUS | IRVING Mr Henry. 'The Bells'. A very famous actor. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Ape. Began as an office boy in the City of London at 14. Fond of practical jokes. Later became SIR Henry. (Theatre). | 1874. 12. 19 |
| CLERGY | WHITE The Rev. Henry. MA. 'Prayers' Wearing vestments. By Ape. Became chaplain to the House of Commons then the Royal Family. Holding Bible. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. | 1874. 12. 26 |
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