Historical Political Illustrations

Colorful caricatures of British politicians featured in Vanity Fair from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, showcasing formal attire and styles.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Sol'. Lord Dungarvan. October 28, 1897, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1897, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Railway Officials - Vanity Fair. 'North Western'. Sir George Findlay. 29 October 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Literary; 'A Puritan's Wife', Max Pemberton, February 4, 1897, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1897, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Eastern Roumelia'. The Earl of Donoughmore. October 25, 1879, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1879, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Mid Sussex'. Sir Henry Fletcher. October 27, 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'A young man'. Lord Barrington. September 11, 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair: Teachers and Headmasters; 'Jacky', Mr. Clement Nugent Jackson, September 3, 1892, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'hereditary whip'. Viscount Hawarden. November 26 1881, Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1881, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Walpole'. Mr.Walpole Greenwell. December 8, 1898, 1898. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Sol'. Lord Dungarvan. October 28, 1897, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1897, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'the Colonies'. The Duke of Manchester. 28 December 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair: Theatre; 'The Duffer', Mr. Weedon Grossmith, November 16, 1905, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1905, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair 'Joe'. Mr. Joseph Cowen. April 27, 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Legal; 'Patents', Mr. John Fletcher Moulton, October 4, 1900, 1900. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair- 'Dundee'. Mr. George Armitstead. October 28, 1882, 1882. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair- 'Whitby'. Mr. Ernest William Beckett. June 7, 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Literary; 'Poetry', Sir Francis Charles Doyle, November 24, 1877, 1877. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Westhoughton'. Lord Stanley. 29 March 1894, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1894, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'A young man'. Lord Barrington. September 11, 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Landed estates in Ireland'. Sir Thomas Bateson. January 28, 1882, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1882, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair: Legal; 'The King of Malta', George Bowyer, January 18, 1879, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1879, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Legal; 'The Claimant's Friend', Mr. Guildford James Hiller Mainwaring-Ellerker Onslow, July 24, 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Sir Richard Douglas Powell. Colour lithograph by Sir L. Ward Spy, 1904.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Tory organization'. Mr. John Eldon Gorst. July 31, 1880, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1880, Chromolithograph

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Tom'. Mr. Thomas Thornhill. 2 June 1883, 1883. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Legal; 'Lord Beaconfield's Friend', Sir Philip Rose, May 14, 1881, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1881, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Privy Purse' The Rt. Hon. Gen. Sir Henry Ponsonby. 17 March 1883, Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1883, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Denbighshire'. Col. William Cornwallis West. 16 July 1892, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Hume of Percy'. The Duke of Northumberland. 14 June 1884, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1884, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Wit and Wisdom'. Mr. A.C. Plowden. 16 December 1908, 1908. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Intelligent Toryism'. Baron Henry De Worms. May 22, 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Hume of Percy'. The Duke of Northumberland. 14 June 1884, 1884. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'The Friend of Pellissier'. General the Hon. St. George Gerald Foley. August 25, 1883, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1883, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Tory organization'. Mr. John Eldon Gorst. July 31, 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Literary; 'Silas Hocking', Mr. Silas Kitto Hocking, November 14, 1906, 1906. Chromolithograph.

Washington Post - The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. 12 May 1904, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1904, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Greece'. M. John Gennadius (H.E. The Greek Minister). February 11, 1888, 1888. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Prince's Cicerone'. Sir Walter Lawrence. 15 June 1905, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1905, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Elisha'. Mr. John Edward Redmond. 12 November 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Monty'. Mr. Montague John Guest. August 7, 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'the Foreign Office'. Sir Julian Pauncefote. 7 April 1883, 1883. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Hertford Property'. .Sir Richard Wallace. 29 November 1873, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1873, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Clergy. 'Lay Episcopacy'. Lord Crewe. 7 January 1882, 1882. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Common Sense'. The Rt Hon. Joseph Warner Henley. 25 April 1874, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1874, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Hansard'. Mr. Henry Hansard. November 29, 1884, 1884. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Geordie'. Sir George Elliot. November 29, 1879, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1879, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Bombay', The Right Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, May 2, 1874 (B197914.709), Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1874, Chromolithograph

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Brighton', Mr. William Thackerey Marriot, March 24, 1833 (B197914.852), 1883. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair - Doctors and Scientists. 'A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant and the best possible of Presidents.' Sir Robert Nurchison. 25 November 1870, 1870. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Foreign Policy'. Lord Hammond. June 19, 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Clergy. 'A Most Select Preacher'. Rev Charles Stubbs, Lord Bishop of Truro. 6 February 1907, 1907. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair - Artists. 'Artist and R.A.' Mr William Quiller Orchardson. 24 March 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (1811 1886), British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857. Date: 1881

Vanity Fair: Literary; 'Esther Waters', George Moore, January 21, 1897, Walter Richard Sickert, 1860-1942, British, born in Germany, 1897, Chromolithograph

James Weatherby (1810 - ), sportsperson. Date: 1890

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Foreign policy'. Mr. Peter Rylands. 25 January 1879, 1879. Chromolithograph.

'Mr. Hugh Chisholm', 1911 Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'the Colonies'. The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Thurston Holland. 29 January 1887, 1887. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'a whipper'. Mr. William Hart Dyke. September 4, 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'the lordship of Compton'. The Marquis of Northampton. 11 February 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'East Sussex'. Mr. George Burrow Gregory. April 17, 1880, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1880, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Americans. Presedent of the New York Central Road. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew. 29 October 1889, 1889. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity FAir - 'His father's son'. Mr. W. Henry Gladstone. February 11, 1882, 1882. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Birmingham'. Mr. philip Henry Muntz. 7 August 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Property and Principle'. Earl Fitzwilliam. September 14, 1878, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1878, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Bombay', The Right Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, May 2, 1874 (B197914.709), 1874. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Legal; 'Lord Advocate', Edward Strathearn Gordon, October 10, 1874, 1874. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair - Americans, Caricature of Col. John Hay. 24 June 1897 by Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Literary; 'The Poet Laureate', Lord Alfred Tennyson, July 22, 1871, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1871, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'A Late Whip'. Lord Tweedmouth. 12 July 1894, 1894. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Alick'. The Hon. Alexander Grantham Yorke. 20 August 1881, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1881, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'The Devon and Somerset'. The Viscount Ebrington. February 19, 1887, 1887. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Norwood Division'. Mr. Charles Ernest Tritton. 6 May 1897, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1897, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Conservative Conversion.' Lord Wharncliffe. 14 August 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Has set for three and forty years.' Mr. Frederick Winn Knight. 8 November 1884, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1884, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'A country gentleman'. Sir Henry Josias Stracey. 10 July 1875. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'A Soldier's Son. The Rt. Hon. Lord Sandhurst. 22 June 1889, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1889, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Cape'. The Rt. Hon. Sir John Gordon Sprigg. 16 September 1897, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1897, Chromolithograph

RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE English impresario, producer of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Nobleman in the Garden'. Lord Redesdale. 16 June 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Home Rule'. Mr. Mitchell Henry. 19 April 1879, 1879. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'lately whipped'. Col. the Rt. Hon. Thomas Edward Taylor. 4 July 1874, 1874. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Consular chaplains.' Sir Henry Drummond Wolff. 5 September 1874, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1874, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Master of the Horse', The Earl of Bradford, October 24, 1874, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1874, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Doctors and Scientists. 'Freddie'. Mr. Frederick Treves. July 19, 1900. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'A Liberal Imperialist'. The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Grey. February 5, 1903, 1903. Chromolithograph.

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'He refused the Wollsack and voted against the Disestablishment of the Irish Church.' Sir Roundell Palmer. 16 March 1872, 1872. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'Simple and Unassuming Himself, Yet Magnificent and Generous towards his Fellow Men, He is the very Prince of Dukes', The Duke of Sutherland, July 9, 1870, 1870. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Has set for three and forty years.' Mr. Frederick Winn Knight. 8 November 1884, 1884. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'East Sussex'. Mr. Montagu David Scott. 10 June 1882, 1882. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Batavian grace'. Alex J. Beresford-Hope. September 10, 1870, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1870, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'a loyal Irishman'. Lord Headley. April 3, 1888, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1888, Chromolithograph

Diplomacy - Lord Lyons. 6 April 1878, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1878, Chromolithograph

Antoine Proust French journalist and politician

Mr. Dombey.. Cigarette cards, Trade cards. George Arents Collection. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'South Hants.' Lord Henry John Montagu-Douglas-Scott. 24 September 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

Duker, Gaetano Gattinelli, actor, Reiffenstein , Rösch, realization

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'the Manchester School.' Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter'. 2 June 1877, 1877. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Sports, Miscellaneous: Carriages; 'Coaching', Sir Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, June 4, 1887, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1887, Chromolithograph

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1849-1902) English Conservative politician born in America. Member of Parliament for Eye, Suffolk (1880-1885) and Sheffield Ecclesall (1885-1902). Advocate of British imperialism. Engraving from 'The Strand Magazine' (London, 1893).

'A German Attache', Baron Hermann von Eckardstein, German diplomat, 1898.Artist: Spy

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