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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'A promising Apprentice'. Mr. E.N. Knatchbull-Hugessen. 11 June 1870, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1870, Chromolithograph

COUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL D'ORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion.

Sir Henry Thompson. Colour lithograph by C. Pellegrini Ape, 1874.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Roger' Sir Roger Willaim Henry Palmer'. 31 January 1880, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1880, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'The Majarajah', His Highness the Majarajah Singh, November 18, 1882 (B197914.1080), 1882. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair 'the pattern Private Secretary'. Mr. Montague William Corry. March 3, 1877, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1877, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'the Russian Foreign Office'. Monsieur de Giers. December 27, 1884, Constantine von de Grimm, active 1880s, 1884, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Indian authority'. Sir George Campbell. Sept 21, 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Peterborough'. Mr. Alpheus Cleophas Morton. 15 June 1873, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1873, Chromolithograph

Pelissier, Jean Jacques Duc de Malakoff.

Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'The Retired List', The Rt. Hon. Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, June 12, 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Noisy Tom'. Sir Thomas Collins. September 6, 1873, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1873, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'A Chartered Administrator'. Earl Grey. April 28, 1898, 1898. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair -'To say that he is the best foreign minister in the country is not much as foreign ministers go; but as go it is a great deal.' The Earl of Clarendon. April 24, 1869, 1869. Chromolithograph.

Constantine von de Grimm, active 1880s, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'the Russian Foreign Office'. Monsieur de Giers. December 27, 1884, 1884. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'A Chartered Administrator'. Earl Grey. April 28, 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Our Sir Gearge (sic)'. Sir George Orby Wombwell. 24 January 1874, 1874. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Royalty; The Aga Khan, November 10, 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'and Stratheden'. Lord Campbell and Stratheden. October 4, 1873, 1873. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Philip'. Sir Philip John Williams Miles. 31 May 1879, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1879, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Peace'. Mr. Henry Richard. 4 September 1880, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1880, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Proud and sincere, yet liberal and just, he refused to serve under the most humble of premiers.' The Duke of Somerset. 7 August 1869, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1869, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'The new man'. The Rt. Hon. Richard Assheton Cross. May 16, 1874, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1874, Chromolithograph

Knight with the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, a distinction created in 1815, during the reign of King Ferdinand VII, in honor of Queen Isabella I. Chromolithography. "Historia de las Ordenes de Caballería y de las Condecoraciones Españolas" (History of the Orders of Chivalry and the Spanish Decorations). Madrid, 1865.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Peace'. Mr. Henry Richard. 4 September 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Cheap Fares.' Mr. John Blundell Maple. 6 June 1891, 1891. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Businessmen and Empire Builders. 'Peace' Sir Joseph Whitwell Peace, Bart. M.P. - 1 October 1887, 1887. Chromolithograph.

FERDINAND JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD An Austrian/British member of the banking family Date: 1839 - 1898

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Calne'. Lord Edmund George Fitzmaurice. February 16, 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair - Artist. 'Paris Exhibition'. Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe Owen. 23 November 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda (1813-1885) English mechanical engineer Member of Parliament and philanthropist. Among his interests were marine engines, iron ships, atmospheric railways, and Poplar Hospital, London. Cartoon from 'Vanity Fair', London, 15 February 1873. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair - Businessmen and Empire Builders. 'a temperate Ulster man.' Sir James Porter Corry. 14 May 1887, 1887. Chromolithograph.

Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild, 1820 - 1866, was a German Jewish banker and politician, Mayer Karl Freiherr von Rothschild/Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild, Mayer Karl Freiherr von Rothschild, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

Soult, Duc de Dalmatia, Nicolas Jean de Dieu.

Schwarzenberg, Karl Fürst.

Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'The Colonies', Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, March 7, 1901 (B197914.641), Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1901, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'If he is not an advanced liberal, it is for want of advancing himself'. Rt. Hon. W.E. Forster. March 6, 1869, 1869. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The safe man'. The Rt. Hon. George Schlater- Booth. 8 August 1874, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1874, Chromolithograph

Austria, Vienna, Portrait of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Clergy. 'Southwell'. Rev. George Ridding, Bishop of Southwell. 15 August 1901, 1901. Chromolithograph.

Marquis of Villavieja. Engraving.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'A safe Duke'. The Duke of Buckingham. May 29, 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Clever'. Mr. William Bromley Davenport. May 12, 1877, 1877. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Architects and Engineers. 'Submarine Telegraphs'. Mr. Charles Bright. 23 September 1908, 1908. Chromolithograph.

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Property in Suffolk'. Lord Rendlesham. 6 October 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

Theodore Edward Hook (1788 1841) was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810.

John Bright (1811-1889) British radical orator and statesman, born in Rochdale, Lancashire of Quaker parents. First elected as a Member of Parliament in 1843. Supported the Anti-Corn Law League, and the Reform Act of 1867. Cartoon by 'Ape' (Carlo Pellegrini - 1838-1889) from Vanity Fair (London, 13 February 1869). Chromolithograph.

One of a set; VANITY FAIR, Ambassadors to England: The Belgian Minister, Count Charles De La Laing, 21 July 1904, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1904, Chromolithograph

John C. Calhoun. pen and ink on paperboard. Date: 1838. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. John Caldwell Calhoun.

E-L'ILLUSTRAZIONE ITALIANA-RETRATO DE GIUSEPPE VERDI EN 1870. GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901).

Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'Ahmed Arabi the Egyptian', Arabi Pasha, January 6, 1883, Francois Verheyden, 1806-1890, Belgian, 1883, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. Sir Francis Knollys. 14 March 1891, 1891. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'the Plan of Campaign'. Mr. John Dillon. May 7, 1887, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1887, Chromolithograph

Henry Irving (1838-1905) English actor-manager.

Therese Krones in The Bauer as Millionaire, Josef Kriehuber -, Lithograph

Vanity Fair - Businessmen and Empire Builders. Statesmne no.146 'The King of Wales, Sir Watkins Williams-Wynn'. 14 June 1873, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1873, Chromolithograph

Balthazar Walter Foster, 1st baron Ilkeston. Colour lithograph by Sir L. Ward Spy, 1894.

Hackelberg-Landau to Höchenberg, Otto Freiherr.

Advertisement for Buchanan's Scotch Whiskies, featuring a portrait of Tony Weller, father of Sam Weller, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. July 1914

'The Earl of Zetland', 1879. Creator: Vincent Brooks Day & Son.

DUDLEY RYDER, 2nd Earl of HARROWBY (1798-1882) styled Viscount Sandon until 1847. British politician, Member of Parliament for Tiverton from 1819 to 1831, then Liverpool until 1847. Caption: 'The last generation' Date: 1798 - 1882

Portrait of Alexander I, Prince of the Netherlands, Carel Frederik Curtenius Bentinck, after Anonymous, c. 1846 - 1863 print Portrait of Alexander I with a top hat. He is in a landscape with a gun in his right hand. His name and title are in the lower margin. The Hague paper.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'The Whole life of that great party to which I thought I had the honour to belong was nothing but a mere organized hypocrisy'. Lord Carnarvon. Sept 11, 1869, 1869. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Silk'. Mr. Henry William Eaton. October 14, 1871, unknown artist, nineteenth century, 1871, Chromolithograph

Welden, Franz Ludwig Freiherr von.

Vanity Fair: Newspapermen; 'The Times', Opfer of Blowitz, August 29, 1885, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1885, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'the Home Secretary'. The Rt. Hon. Henry Matthews. 10 September 1887, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1887, Chromolithograph

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

Vanity Fair - Clergy. 'Westminster'. Rev. William Gunion Rutherford. Head Master of Westminster School. 3 March 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

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34. / Gambon.

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Silk'. Mr. Henry William Eaton. October 14, 1871, 1871. Chromolithograph.

Political profiles / 3. / Monseigneur de Chambord / In the Kingdom of helpless, Monseigneur would be all powerful, go to him, little children, without fear, he has no more teeth!

Mr. Etienne le Blond, ballet dancer, at the Theatre Royal Opera House Haymarket. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Robert Cooper after a painting by Frederic de Waldeck. From D. Terry's "British Theatrical Gallery," London, Henry Berthoud Jr., 1825.

England/UK: Charles Darwin (1809-1882), English naturalist, geologist and author of 'On the Origin of the Species' (1859), represented in 'Vanity Fair', 30 September, 1871

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