 |
VANITY
FAIR CARTOONS 1891 |
|
|
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.
|
GENUINE HISTORICAL and ANTIQUE
PRINTS & MAPS |
THE FOLLOWING CARTOONS APPEARED IN
THE YEAR 1891
Click on any underlined name to see
the scanned image
| ACADEMICS | MAGNUS Sir Philip. 'Technical Education'. Taught organisation/management. Born 1843. Educated at University College London and Berlin University. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By STEL. Beard. Glasses. (Business) | 1891.01.03 |
| Westmoreland | WILSON Mr Christopher Wyndham. Farming expert. Bred ponies. By Spy. Born 1845. Once a noted wrestler. Lived at Rigmaden Park. JP but 'a better judge of horses than of men'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Beard. Bow tie. Watch chain. | 1891.01.10 |
| LAW | COCK Mr Alfred. QC. Shown speaking. Wearing wig and gown. 'He has leathern lungs and a voice of brass'. Son of a leather tanner. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By STUFF. | 1891.01.17 |
| UNIFORMS | DORMER General Sir James Charlemagne KCB. 'Madras'. In uniform Born 1835. Educate at Oscott. Served in Crimean War Indian Mutiny and China. Fought at Tel-el-Kebir. C-in-C of Madras Presidency. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By BINT. Ribbons. Sword. Moustache. (Militaria) | 1891.01.24 |
| MUSIC | GROVE Sir George DCL. LLD. Director of Royal College of Music. 'G'. Born Clapham 1821. Became a Civil Engineer. Erected 1s cast-iron lighthouses in Jamaica and Bermuda. Edited Macmillan's Magazine. Interest in music developed in later life. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1891.01.31 |
| LAW | WARMINGTON Mr Cornelius Marshall. QC. MP. Wearing wig and gown. 'Directors' liability'. Born 1842. Son of leather merchant in Colchester. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By STUFF. (Politics) | 1891.02.07 |
| FAMOUS | CARTE Mr Richard D'Oyly. 'Royal English Opera'. (Gilbert and Sullivan). Born Greek Street London 1844. Son of a flautist. Educated London University. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Wearing top hat. Bow tie. Flambouant fur lined coat and muff. Holding plans. . (Music. Opera) | 1891.02.14 |
| WRITERS | BACK Mr William. Novelist. Shown with fishing rod. Wearing waders. Born Glasgow 1842. Began as a painter but turned to journalism and then novels. Lived in Brighton. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Wearing glasses. (Journalists) | 1891.02.21 |
| FRANCE | D'ORLEANS Prince Henri Eugene Philippe Louis. 'Duc D'Aumale'. Born 1822. 4th son of King Louis Philippe. Joined the Army. Governor General of Algeria. Exiled in 1848. Restored as a General in Franco-Prussian War. Owned Chantilly. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By GUTH. (Royalty) | 1891.02.28 |
| FAMOUS | PINERO Mr Arthur Wing. 'Lady Bountiful'. By Spy. Portuguese family. Actor in the theatre who turned to writing plays. 'He is our most popular playwright'. Smoking a cigar. Overall size c. 8x14 inches. Coloured. (Writers. Portugal). | 1891.03.07 |
| FINANCE | KNOLLYS Sir Francis. KCMG. CB. Private Secretary to Prince of Wales. Shown standing at a desk - writing. Duties included Treasurer to the Prince. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Men of the Day) | 1891.03.14 |
| ROWING | AMPTHILL Lord. 'O. U. B. C'. In flannels. Blazer. Cap. Boat Club President. Born Rome 1869. (Oliver Arthur Villiers RUSSELL). Educated Eton. Oxford. Rowed 3 times in the Varsity race. A Freemason. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Freemasons) | 1891.03.21 |
| FAMOUS | RHODES The Hon. Cecil. 'The Cape'. The 'Diamond King' of South Africa. Born 1853 son of the Rector of Bishop's Stortford. Was Prime Minister of the Cape at the time of this cartoon. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Mining. Business) | 1891.03.28 |
| MOROCCO | MOROCCO The Emperor of. Muley Hassan. Seated. In Arab costume. Became Emperor 1873. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By PRY. (Royalty. Africa) | 1891.04.04 |
| RAILWAYS | SCOTTER Mr Charles. General Manager 'London South Western Railway'. Born 1837. Educated in Hull. JP for Kingston on Hill. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Beard. Glasses. (Business. Railroads) | 1891.04.04 |
| LAW | JUDGES #31. JEUNE Sir Francis Henry. 'Matrimonial Causes'. Wig. Gown. Born 1843 son of the Bishop of Peterborough. Educated at Oxford. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By STUFF. Wearing a monocle. Beard. | 1891.04.11 |
| ACADEMICS | FREYCINET M. Charles Louis de Saulces de. 'French Warfare'. Engineer. Born Foix France 1829. Became a government mining and railway engineer. Became Prime Minister and Minister for War. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GUTH. (Politics) | 1891.04.18 |
| LAW | BRUDGE Sir John. 'Chief Magistrate'. Holding quill pen. By Spy. Born 1825. Educated Trinity College Oxford. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Wearing glasses. | 1891.04.25 |
| WRITERS | SARDOU M. Victorien. 'Thermidor'. Playwright. Wrote for Sarah Bernhardt. Born 1831. Son of a Professor and author. He was so successful he was awarded the Legion of Honour and became a Member of the French Academy. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GUTH. Wearing beret. Cravat. (France) | 1891.05.02 |
| LAW | GILL Mr Charles Frederick. 'Gill Brass'. In wig and gown. By Spy. Born Dublin 1851. Educated at Dungannon. Career included being Recorder of Chichester. Shown making a speech. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1891.05.09 |
| BUSINESS | PAVY Captain Francis. ' Railway Trusts'. Chairman of many Companies. Began as an officer in 74th Highlanders and time in India. Resigned from the Army to pursue his commercial career. Chairman of Westinghouse Europe. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Very long moustache. Smoking cigar. | 1891.05.16 |
| UNIFORMS | BEARD Mr Thomas. 'Under Sheriff'. Wearing cocked hat. Sword. Etc. Born 1828. A lawyer. Served as Under-Sheriff to the Corporation of London. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1891.05.23 |
| LAW | JUDGES #32. FRY The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward. In wig and gown. By Spy. 'Specific Performance'. Born Bristol 1837 a member of the famous FRY'S chocolate Quaker family. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Holding glasses. | 1891.05.30 |
| LONDON | MAPLE Mr John Blundell. MP for Dulwich. Of the famous furniture store. 'Cheap fares'. Born 1827. Educated King's College London. Extended the business founded a generation earlier. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Top Hat. Cravat. Moustache. | 1891.06.06 |
| THEATRE | BANCROFT Mr Squire Bancroft. 'B'. Successful Actor-Manager. By Spy. Born 1844. 'He invented the ten-shilling stall'. Ran such theatres as the Haymarket. An elegant debonair character. Wearing a monocle. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1891.06.13 |
| LONDON | AIRD Mr John. MP for 'North Paddington'. A very long grey beard. Born 1833. Son of father who ran a construction business. Both in the Uk and overseas. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Top Hat. Glasses. Frock coat. (Politics) | 1891.06.20 |
| LAW | JUDGES #33. WRIGHT (Robert Samuel) Mr Justice. In wig. Gown. Cape. 'He declined a Knighthood but thought better of it'. Born 1852 son of a Somerset parson. Educated at Oxford. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By STUFF. Wearing glasses. | 1891.06.27 |
| BEER | IVEAGH Lord. 'Guinness Trust'. Head of the famous Irish Brewery. Born 1845. Educated at Trinity Dublin. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Peers. Ireland. Wines) | 1891.07.11 |
| SUSSEX | FIELD Rear-Admiral Edward. RN. JP. MP for Eastbourne from 1885. 'The Yellow Admiral'. Born in Buckinghamshire 1830. Joined the navy at 15 and served for 30 years. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Bow tie. Watch chain. Rose as a Buttonhole. (Bucks. Militaria. Politics) | 1891.07.18 |
| HEREFORD Herefordshire | BIDDULPH Mr Michael. MP for 'South Herefordshire'. (Ross on Wye). Born 1834. His father was MP for Hereford. A partner in a firm of Bankers. Owner of Ledbury Park. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Top hat. Watch chain. (Politics. Banking) | 1891.07.25 |
| FAMOUS | ASQUITH Mr Herbert Henry. QC. MP. Later to become Prime Minister. Elected MP for 'East Fife' 1886. Born in Yorkshire 1852. Educated City of London School. Balliol. Became a lawyer and journalist. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (See later cartoon 1904) | 1891.08.01 |
| POLAND | RESZKE M. Jean De. 'Polish Tenor'. In Operatic costume. By Spy. Born in Warsaw. Progressed from the local Catholic Church choir to Turin Conservatoire and then to great success as a baritone. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. Wearing a sword. (Theatre. Music) | 1891.08.08 |
| CRICKET | HORNBY Mr Albert Nielsen. 'Monkey'. In flannels. Slip fielding. Born in Blackburn. Son of mill owner. Educated Harrow. Captain of Lancs and the 'Gentlemen'. Played Rugger for England. Lived in Nantwich Cheshire. Overall c. 8x14 ins. Coloured. (Lancashire) | 1891.08.15 |
| DEBONAIR | PLAT Maj. Gen. Charles Taylor du. 'Senior Equerry'. An elegant figure. Born 1823. Joined the Royal Artillery. Equerry to Prince Albert then to Queen Victoria. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1891.08.22 |
| MUSIC | STAINER Sir John. MA. MUS. DOC. 'Oxford Music'. Organist at St. Paul's. Born 1840. Sang in St Paul's Choir at age 7. Progressed through various appointments as organist to become Professor of Music at Oxford. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Seated. | 1891.08.29 |
| CLERGY | YORK The Archbishop of. (William Dalrymple MACLAGAN). By Spy. 'From the Army to the Church'. Born Edinburgh 1826. He began in the Army but returned to Cambridge at age 26 where he became a Deacon. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Yorkshire) | 1891.09.05 |
| BELGIUM | BEERS M. Jan Van. 'The Modern Wiertz'. An artist and caricaturist. Born Pierre 1856. Son of a Flemish poet. Depicted helping a lady from the background of the Cartoon. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Black tie. Buttonhole. Small beard. (Artists) | 1891.09.12 |
| POLO | HARRINGTON The Earl of. Shown on Horseback - holding stick. 'Yeoman-like Polo'. Born 1844. Educated Queen's College Belfast and Oxford. He also bred horses and polo ponies. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By LIB. (Peers) | 1891.09.19 |
| UNIFORMS | FOSTER Mr Harry Seymour. 'A Sheriff'. In costume. Wearing a Sword. Born 1855. Educated City of London School. Began business as an Accountant at age 20. Became a financier. A freemason. Lived in Sutton. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (London. Finance) | 1891.09.26 |
| UNIFORMS | EATON Col. The Hon. Herbert Francis. 'Brown'. In Uniform. Born 1847. By Spy. 3rd son of William Henry who made money in the silk trade. Educated at Eton. Joined Grenadier Guards at 20. Failed to become Mp for Coventry by 16 votes. Sportsman. Overall size c.8x14 inches. (Militaria) | 1891.10.03 |
| CLERGY | FARRAR The Venerable Frederick William. DD. 'Chaplain to the Commons' Born 1831. His father was a missionary in India. Educated Trinity Cambridge. Took Orders and became a teacher at Marlborough and Harrow. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1891.10.10 |
| MALAYSIA | IBRAHIM H. H. Tunkoo Abubeker Bin. GCMG. KCSI. Sultan of 'JOHORE'. Grandson of the Malayan Prince who ceded Singapore to Sir Stamford Raffles. Born 1826. 'farms out a number of monopolies which include gambling and opium'. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By KYO. Seated. Wearing medals. | 1891.10.17 |
| JOCKEYS | CANNON H. Mornington. 'Morny'. Wearing cap and silks under a coat. Born 1873. Son of Tom Cannon. (See 12th Sept. 1885). 1st rode in public at Kempton at age 13. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Racing) | 1891.10.24 |
| LAW | JUDGES #34. EDLIN Sir Peter Henry QC. JP. DL. In wig and gown. 'London Sessions'. Born Mortlake 1816. Career included being Recorder of Bridgwater. JP for Middlesex. Described as being pompous and rather irritable! Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Glasses. | 1891.10.31 |
| RACING | WILLIAMS Mr Hwfa. Managed 'Sandown Park'. Introduced 'Gate Money'. Born 1848. His father - a soldier - lived at Temple House Great Marlow. Educated: Eton. Joined Durham Light Infantry. Left the army at 24. Also invented Big Stake races. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1891.11.07 |
| ACADEMICS | GLADSTONE Professor John Hall. PhD. FRS. 'Chemistry and Optics'. Born London 1827. Studied at University College. Lectured at St. Thomas's Hospital. Fellow of Royal Society at 26. Wrote many books. Served on many committees. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Glasses. (Chemists) | 1891.11.14 |
| MILITARIA | BIDDULPH Gen. Sir Michael Anthony S. KCB. 'The Regalia' at the Tower of London came under his guard on his retirement from numerous posts in the army. Born 1823. Son of a parson. Served in the Crimea and many other countries. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Beard. Glasses. | 1891.11.21 |
| JOCKEYS | OWEN Capt. Edward Rodney. 'the gentleman rider of his generation'. 'Roddy'. Not wearing silks. Served in the Lancashire Fusiliers and had an Army career. His main love was racing. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Wearing bowler hat. Carrying umbrella. | 1891.11.28 |
| LAW | JUDGES #35. ROMER The Hon. Sir Robert. In wig and gown. Red sash. 'Bob'. Born 25th December 1840. Son of a music composer and publisher. Educated Trinity Hall Cambridge. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By STUFF. Wearing a monocle. | 1891.12.12 |
| CUMBS Cumbria Cumberland | LOWTHER Mr James William. LLM. DL. MP for Rutland then Penrith. 'Foreign Affairs'. Born 1836. Studied at Cambridge. Became a lawyer. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Beard. Wing collar. Holding Foreign Office dispatch box. (Politics) | 1891.12.19 |
| ARTISTS | WATTS Mr George Frederick RA. DCL. LLD. 'He paints portraits and ideas'. Born 1820. Exhibited at Royal Academy at age 17. Went to Italy for further inspiration. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. Holding brushes. Wearing a beret. Beard. | 1891.12.28 |
CLICK THE LINK TO ANY OTHER YEAR TO CHECK THE CONTENTS
1868/9
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
CLICK HERE TO EMAIL US ABOUT PRICES & AVAILABILITY
RETURN TO THE TOP OF THIS PAGE E&OE. ENGLISH LAW SHALL APPLY