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VANITY
FAIR CARTOONS 1899 |
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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 1899
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| HUNTING | GALWAY The Viscount. 'Serlby'. In red hunting clothes. Holding whip. (George Edward Milnes Monckton ARUNDELL). Born 1846. Educated Eton. Oxford. 14 years an MP. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Ireland. Peers) | 1899.01.05 |
| DURHAM | BACKHOUSE Mr Jonathan Edward. 'Jed'. A Darlington man. Born 1849. Educated Rugby Cambridge. Director of local Barclays Bank. Bred Horses. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GAF. (Bankers. Hunting. Wearing an Inverness Cape. Monocle. Smoking cigar) | 1899.01.12 |
| EAST INDIES | BROOKE Sir Charles Anthony. GCMG. 2nd Rajah of 'Sarawak'. Born 1829. Educated Crewkerne Grammar School. Joined the Navy. Then to his Uncle in Borneo. As Rajah he had his own Flag Army and Navy. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1899.01.19 |
| GARDENERS | LAWRENCE Sir James John Trevor. Bart. 'Horticulture'. By Spy. Born London 1832. Started as a medical student at St. Bartholomew's. After service in India turned to gardening. President of the R. H. S. Bred orchids which are shown in the print. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. | 1899.01.26 |
| USA | McKINLEY William. President of the United Sates. 'An American Protector'. Born Niles Ohio 1844. His family was from Scotland. Joined the Army at 17. Became a lawyer. Elected President 1897. 'His chief fault is his liking for niggers'. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By FLAGG. (Politics. Famous) | 1899.02.02 |
| FRANCE | DELCASSE M. Theophile. 'French Foreign Affairs'. In fur collared coat. Born Pamiers 1852. Began life as a 'scribbler for newspapers'. Turned to politics. Interests: Music. Opera. Wearing glasses. Holding top hat. Rolled umbrella. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GUTH. | 1899.02.09 |
| UNIFORMS | HAMILTON The Marquis of. 'He will be the 3rd Duke'. In uniform. Sword. Born 1869. Went to Eton. Joined the Life Guards. Interests: Natural History. Travel. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By HODGE. (Militaria. Peers. Decorative) | 1899.02.16 |
| FAMOUS | KITCHENER Lord of Khartoum GCB. KCMG. 'Khartoum'. General. By Spy. Born 1850. A career soldier. Wearing white tie and tails. Medals. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Militaria) | 1899.02.23 |
| LAW | JUDGES. WILLIAMS Lord Justice. 'a Rustic Judge'. 'badly dressed'. Born 1838. Educated at Westminster and Christ Church. Lived near Earls Court Station. Notoriously slovenly. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By CGD. (In untidy clothes. Pipe in hand). | 1899.03.02 |
| DIPLOMATS | CAMBON M. Paul. 'French Ambassador. Wearing White tie and cloak. Born 1843. Served in such places as Tunis. Ambassador to Constantinople before coming to London. Monocle. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GUTH. (France). | 1899.03.09 |
| USA | WHITE Mr Henry. 'A Diplomatic Cousin'. Secretary of American Embassy in London 1884. A handsome debonair man in white tie and tails. Interests: Golf. Hunting. Shooting. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Diplomats) | 1899.03.16 |
| ROWING | GOLD Mr Harcourt Gilbey. 'Tarka'. In flannels and blazer. President OUBC. Born 1876. Parents lived at Hedsor Berkshire. Educated Eton. Madgalen Oxford. Rowed at stroke. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1899.03.23 |
| HUNTING | HARGREAVES Mr John. 'Cattistock'. In Hunting red. On Horseback. Born 1864. Berkshire family. Educated Eton and Oxford. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By CG. | 1899.03.30 |
| HUNTING | TAILBY Mr William Ward. ' a Leicestershire man'. In hunting red. On Horseback. Born 1825. Went to Repton and Trinity Cambridge. Became a lawyer. JP. Deputy Lieutenant. Lived at Skeffington Hall. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GHF. | 1899.04.06 |
| STOCK EXCHANGE | BALFOUR Mr John. 'J. B. '. A very successful stockbroker. By Spy. Born in Fife Scotland 1853. Lived in St. John's Wood. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy (Finance. Wing collar. Spats). | 1899.04.13 |
| FINANCE | VINCENT Sir Edgar KCMG. 'Eastern finance'. Governor of Ottoman Bank. Born 1857. Went to Eton. Joined Coldstream Guards. After 5 years in the Army got appointments in the Middle East especially Turkey. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Bankers. Diplomats) | 1899.04.20 |
| UNIFORMS | HUNTER Maj. Gen. Sir Archibald KCB DSO. 'our youngest General'. In Army uniform. Born 1856. Educated Glasgow Academy and Sandhurst. Joined King's Own Royal Lancashire. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By | 1899.04.27 |
| HUNTING | GREENALL Sir Gilbert. Bart. 'Belvoir'. In red hunting clothes. Whip. Born 1867. Went to Eton. Joined the Army. Became the first non-Duke to be the Master of the Belvoir Hunt. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By CB (Smoking a cigarette. Leics. Rutland) | 1899.05.04 |
| CLERGY | HARCOURT Sir Wm. 'a retired Leader'. Wearing a monk's habit. Rosary. (William George Granville Venables Vernon HARCOURT PC MP QC). Born 1827. Once a lawyer and leader of the Radicals. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By CLOISTER. (Politics. Wearing glasses) | 1899.05.11 |
| FRANCE | LOUBET M. Emile. PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC'. His grandfather could neither read nor write. Studied in Paris. Returned to Montelimar as a Lawyer. A rather imposing figure. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GUTH. | 1899.05.18 |
| JOCKEYS | SLOAN Tod. 'An American Jockey'. Shown racing on horseback. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GDG (USA. Not (m)any of the VF cartoons show Jockeys on horses) | 1899.05.25 |
| FRANCE | NAPOLEON Prince Victor Jerome Frederic. 'Victor'. Large moustache! Born 1852. Son of Prince Jerome Napoleon. Educated at Heidelberg. Joined the Army. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GUTH. (Militaria) | 1899.06.01 |
| AUSTRIA | SLATIN Col. Sir Rudolf Carl KCMG CB MVO. 'Salatin'. Born in Vienna 1857. General Gordon made him Inspector of Taxation in Egypt. Captured by the Mahdi and kept as a slave for 12 years till he escaped. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Militaria) | 1899.06.15 |
| LANCS Lancashire | BALCARRES Lord. MP for Chorley. 'Bal'. Wearing Bow tie. Wing collar. Born 1872. Educated Eton. Magdalen Oxford. HOBBIES: Chess. On the Select Committee of South Kensington Museum. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1899.06.22 |
| UNIFORMS | RHODES Col. Frank William DSO. Elder brother of Cecil Rhodes. By Spy. 'Soldier and Correspondent'. Born 1851. Went to Eton the joined 1st Dragoons. Wearing military uniform. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Africa. Militaria. Newspapers - representing the Times) | 1899.06.28 |
| CLERGY | FLEMING Canon. 'Chester Square'. Born 1830 at Strabone. By Spy. Educated Cambridge. Ordained at 23. Holding piz-nez glasses. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. | 1899.06.29 |
| CHINA | BERESFORD Admiral Lord. 'The Commercial Traveller'. In traditional dress. (Charles William de la Poer BERESFORD. CB. MP). Wearing traditional Chinese dress. Holding a Pekinese dog. Sailor turned businessman. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By CLOISTER. (Medals. Naval. Ireland) | 1899.07.06 |
| USA | WARD Mr Reginald. 'Copper'. Formed own Bank in Boston. New York. Born Massachusetts 1862. Came to England and known as 'King of Copper'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Business. Finance. Debonair. In white tie and tails) | 1899.07.13 |
| AUSTRALIA | BEAUCHAMP Lord. Governor of 'New South Wales'. In white tie/tails. Born 1827. Educated Eton. Oxford. A handsome debonair young man. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Medals. Twice Mayor of Worcester) | 1899.07.20 |
| MUSIC | MUCK Dr Carl. 'Wagnerian Opera'. Shown conducting an orchestra. From Germany. Also a Doctor of Philosophy. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By WAG. | 1899.07.27 |
| WORCS Worcestershire | CHAMBERLAIN Mr Austen MP for 'East Worcestershire'. Son of Joseph his more famous father. Born 1863. Educated Rugby and Trinity Cambridge. A debonair figure. Wearing a monocle and an orchid buttonhole. Smoking a cigar. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Politics. Worcs. ) | 1899.08.03 |
| FAMOUS | CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN The Rt. Hon. Later became Prime Minister. (Sir Henry PC GCB LLD). Educated Glasgow University and Trinity Cambridge. MP for Stirling. Shown seated in the Commons. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Politics. Scotland) | 1899.08.10 |
| LAW | LUSHINGTON Mr Franklin. 'He believes in the Police'. Chief Magistrate. Born 1832. Son of a Ceylon Judge. Educated Rugby. Trinity Cambridge. Worked in the Ionian Islands. Shown in court. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (London. Glasses) | 1899.08.17 |
| NEWSPAPERS | COOK Mr Edward Tyas. Editor of 'The Daily News'. By Spy. Born 1857. Won scholarships to Winchester and New College Oxford where he was President of the Union. Joined Pall Mall Gazette. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Journalists. Business) | 1899.08.24 |
| YORKSHIRE Yorks. | JACKSON The Rt. Hon. William Lawies PC MP for 'North Leeds'. By Spy. Born 1840. In business as 'a purveyor of tannery and hides'. Turned to politics. Chairman Great Northern Railway and other companies. Mayor of Leeds. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Joined Freemasons) | 1899.08.31 |
| LAW | DREYFUS Capt. Alfred. 'at Rennes'. A cause celebre of it's day. Born Muhlhausen 'an Alsatian Jew' 1860. Joined the French Army. Convicted of treason 1894 - 'without evidence'. Shown seated. In Uniform. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By FB GUTH. (Militaria. Uniforms. Israel) | 1899.09.07 |
| OXON Oxfordshire | VALENTIA Viscount. MP for 'Oxford City'. Debonair. By Spy. Born 1843. 'Premier Baronet of Ireland'. Joined the 10th Hussars. Owned 7. 000 acres. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Top Hat. Buttonhole. Rolled umbrella. Spats. Peers) | 1899.09.14 |
| MDDX Middlesex | WOOD The Rev. Joseph. DD. Head Master of 'Harrow'. Mortar board. Red gown. Born in Manchester 1842. Won an exhibition to Balliol. After various positions went to harrow 1898. Believed in the birch - shown in the print. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GAF. (Schools) | 1899.09.21 |
| USA | AMERICAN AMBASSADOR The. 'United States Embassy'. By Spy. (Joseph Hodges CHOATE). Born Massachusetts 1832. Learned Law at Harvard. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. (Diplomats) | 1899.09.28 |
| LONDON | STUART Dr James. MP for 'Hoxton Division'. Shown seated in Commons. Born Fife Scotland 1843. Educated St Andrews and Cambridge. Became a Professor of Mechanics. Chairman of newspapers - the Star and Morning leader. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By STUFFY. | 1899.10.05 |
| CARS | DION le Comte de. 'Automobile'. Shown riding a motorised tricycle. 'Head of the greatest motor cycle works in France'. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By GUTH. (Wearing straw boater. Smoking a cigarette. Famous). | 1899.10.12 |
| COREA | EMPEROR OF COREA The. Very decorative. Li Hsi. In yellow robe. Born 1852. Came to the throne at age 12. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By PRY (Korea. Royalty) | 1899.10.19 |
| UNIFORMS | STUART-WORTLEY Maj. Edward James Montagu CMG. DSO. In uniform. Sword. 'Eddie'. Educated at Eton. A career soldier who spent much time in Egypt. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy (Militaria. Boots. Spurs. Smoking cigarette) | 1899.10.26 |
| OXON Oxfordshire | OXFORD The vice-chancellor of. 'Corpus'. Mortar board and gown. (The Rev. Thomas FOWLER). Born to a Lincolnshire family 1832. Divinity degree at Edinburgh. Rose through Oxford to Fellow - Tutor to Vice Chancellor. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By FTD. | 1899.11.02 |
| MEN OF THE DAY | CECIL Lord Edward Herbert. 'at Mafeking'. 4th son of the Prime Minister. Born 1867. Educated Eton. Joined the Army. Awarded the DSO. A Major in the Grenadier Guards. Fighting in the Boer War at the time of this cartoon. Coloured. c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (Militaria- not in uniform) | 1899.11.09 |
| DEBONAIR | HOLFORD Capt. George Londsay CIE MVO. 'an Equerry' to Prince of Wales. His father was called 'the richest commoner in England'. George owned 16. 000 acres. Shown in white tie and tails wearing medals. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1899.11.16 |
| DOCTORS | STEVENSON Dr. Thomas. FRCP. 'Medical Jurisprudence'. Lecturing. Born a Yorkshireman. Studied at Guy's Hospital. Scholar in forensic medicine an midwifery. Lived in Brixton. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By WAG. (Law. Grey beard. Frock coat). | 1899.11.30 |
| FINANCE | CASSEL Sir Ernest. 'Egyptian Finance'. A bald but rather debonair figure. Son of a Cologne banker born 1851. Came to England at 16. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. (wearing Bow tie. Smoking cigar. Waxed moustache. Banking. Business) | 1899.12.07 |
| ARTISTS | LUCAS Mr John Seymour RA. 'A Connoisseur'. Shown holding pallet. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By N. | 1899.12.14 |
| CHEMISTS | RAYLEIGH Lord FRS. Discovered 'Argon' in the air. In his laboratory. Born 12th November 1842. Educated Trinity Cambridge. Wrote then standard books on Physics. Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By FTD. (Academics) | 1899.12.21 |
| MUSIC | PADEREWSKI Ignance Jan. 'easy execution'. Playing the piano. By Spy. Born Podolia 1860 - a Russian Pole. Went to Warsaw Poland at 12 to study under Roguski. Then to Vienna before starting concert career. Coloured. Overall size c. 8x14 ins. By Spy. | 1899.12.28 |
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