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Victorian Political Caricatures

Colorful caricatures of politicians from the Victorian era, emphasizing unique fashion styles and societal roles.

General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet (1861 1953), British general and administrator in Egypt and the Sudan. Date: 1897

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'a Catholic'. The Earl of Denbigh. March 2, 1878, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1878, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Ipswich senior'. Sir Charles Dalrytmple. September 10, 1892, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet (1861 1953), British general and administrator in Egypt and the Sudan. Date: 1897

Vanity Fair - Americans. 'A Diplomatic Cousin'. Mr. Henry White. 16 March 1899, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1899, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Algay'. Sir Algernon Edward West. 13 August 1892, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Americans. 'A Diplomatic Cousin'. Mr. Henry White. 16 March 1899, 1899. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Sports, Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous; 'A Real English Gentleman', The Marquis of Exeter, April 9, 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Chelsea and the Colonies'. Earl Cadogan. June 4, 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'South Warwickshire', Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, May 9, 1885 (B197914.692), 1885. Chromolithograph.

Washington - The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Henry Herberg. 15 Jan. 1903, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1903, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'a Catholic'. The Earl of Denbigh. March 2, 1878, 1878. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'White Dial'. The Earl of Stair. 22 September 1883, 1883. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair - Bankers and Financiers. 'Egypt'. The Earl of Cromer. 2 January 1902, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1902, Chromolithograph

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Small Holdings'. Lord Carrington. September 11, 1907, 1907. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'East Dorsetshire.' The Hon. Humphrey Napier Sturt. 7 May 1892, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'The Duke of Sport', The Duke of Beaufort, September 30, 1876, 1876. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Heir presumptive to a Dukedom'. Mr. Victor Cavendish. May 9, 1896, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1896, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Heir presumptive to a Dukedom'. Mr. Victor Cavendish. May 9, 1896, 1896. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Miscellaneous; 'Lord Leicester's Nephew', Lord Digby, September 15, 1883, 1883. Chromolithograph.

Guglielmo, Marchese Marconi. Colour lithograph by Sir L. Ward Spy, 1905.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Fulham'. W.H. Fisher. May 3, 1900, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1900, Chromolithograph

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) Italian physicist and inventor. Pioneer of wireless telegraphy. Cartoon by 'Spy' (Leslie Ward) from Vanity Fair, London

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Mr. Speaker'. The Rt. Hon. William Court Gully. September 17, 1896, 1896. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - The ex-father of the House. Lord Forester. October 16, 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Bobby'. The Hon. Robert Bourke. April 28, 1877, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1877, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'New South Wales'. The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Jersey 11 October 1890, 1890. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Derby Day'. Lord Elcho. March 25, 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Board of Works.' Colonel James MacNaughton Hogg. 15 November 1873, 1873. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Legal; 'The New Judge', The Hon. Mr. Justice Straight, May 10, 1879, 1879. Chromolithograph.

Ambassador to the Porte - The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry George Elliot. 17 March 1877, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1877, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Sweansea'. Sir Henry Hussey Vivian. 5 June 1886, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1886, Chromolithograph

SIR HENRY GEORGE ELLIOT Diplomat.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Freemasons; 'Younger Son', Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, May 26, 1877, 1877. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Dear Boy!', The Hon. Kenneth Howard, November 5, 1892 (B197914.793), Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Oscar, Oscar Wilde (Vanity Fair series). Colored lithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Bankers and Financiers. 'Eastern Finance'. Sir Edgar Vincent. 20 April 1899, 1899. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'To abandon Conservative ideals is to destroy the Empire.' Sir John Dickson Poynder. 22 June 1905, 1905. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Legal; 'An Arbitrator', Frederick Joseph Bramwell, August 27, 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'The Passive Register's last hope'. The Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell. January 18, 1906, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1906, Chromolithograph

John Scott Burdon-Sanderson (1828-1905) , British physiologist. Regius professor of medicine at Oxford and President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science from 1893. Cartoon from 'Vanity Fair'. (London, 17 May 1894).

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Her majesty's private secretary'. Colonel Sir Arthur John Brigge. September 6, 1900, 1900. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Sports, Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous; 'A Real English Gentleman', The Marquis of Exeter, April 9, 1881, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1881, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Bradlaugh's Baby.' The Hon. Charles Robert Spencer. 10 December 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Bradlaugh's Baby.' The Hon. Charles Robert Spencer. 10 December 1881, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1881, Chromolithograph

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'C'. Viscount Castlereagh. June 7, 1879, 1879. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'To abandon Conservative ideals is to destroy the Empire.' Sir John Dickson Poynder. 22 June 1905, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1905, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Fred'. The Hon. Frederic Morgan. 2 November 1893, 1893. Chromolithograph.

William Fergusson (1808-1877) Scottish surgeon born at Prestonpans, East Lothian. Surgeon to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1836). Moved to London in 1840 as professor of surgery at King's College, London, and surgeon to King's College Hospital. Practiced conservative surgery. President of the British Medical Association (1873). Cartoon by 'Ape' (Carlo Pellegrini - 1838-1889)) from Vanity Fair (London, 17 May 1870). Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'Balaklava', General the Earl of Lucan, April 23, 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'the Sugar of Toryism'. The Earl of Harrowby. November 28, 1885, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1885, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - The ex-father of the House. Lord Forester. October 16, 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Kirk of Scotland'. The Earl of Rosslyn. 12 November 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'The Golden Pippin'. Mr. William Cunliffe Brooks. August 2, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1879, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Manchester'. N.H. Houldsworth. 3 October 1885, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1885, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Manchester'. N.H. Houldsworth. 3 October 1885, 1885. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'Rim', Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald John MacDonald, February 7, 1880, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1880, Chromolithograph

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Northumberland'. The Rt. Hon. Earl Percy. 27 August 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'One of the best types of administrative ability in modern times.' Lord Lawrence. 21 June 1871, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1871, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'One of those'. Sir Walter Barttelot Bartte-lot. Oct 23, 1886, 1886. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Newcastle-upon-Tyne'. Mr. Charles Frederick Hamond. July 13, 1893, 1893. Chromolithograph.

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Practical'. Mr. Gabriel Goldney. December 28, 1872, 1872. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'A German Attache'. Baron Hermann von Eckardstein, 1898. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Ninety-one', The Earl of Mountcashell, September 8, 1883 (B197914.871), 1883. Chromolithograph.

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

Vanity Fair: Newspapermen; 'Journalism', Mr. George Augustus Sala, September 25, 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, February 23, 1899, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1899, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Literary; 'The Literary Mate', Sir John Digdale Astley, July 26, 1894, 1894. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'East Dorsetshire.' The Hon. Humphrey Napier Sturt. 7 May 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Treasurer of the Household'. Lord Walter Charles Gordon Lennox. February 27, 1892, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'our Joe'. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. January 27, 1877, 1877. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'A Future Commander-in-Chief', H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, June 17, 1876, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1876, Chromolithograph

Politicians Vanity Fair - 'Hamlie'. The Marquis of Hamilton. March 5, 1881, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1881, Chromolithograph

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Vanity Fair: Literary; 'Hosea Beglow', James Russell Lowell, August 21, 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Legal; 'Charley', Charles Hall, February 8, 1888, 1888. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'heredictary eloquence'. The Rt. Hon. David Plunket. 29 May 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Teachers and Headmasters; 'St. John's, Oxford', The President of St. John's College, Oxford, Dr. J. Bellamy, April 1, 1893 (B197914.1132), Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1893, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'Sir Hugh', Major General Sir Hugh McCalmont, May 10, 1906, 1906. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Ex-official'. Sir Matthew White Ridley. 23 July 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Practical'. Mr. Gabriel Goldney. December 28, 1872, unknown artist, nineteenth century, 1872, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair. Bankers and Finciers. 'Winchester'. Viscount Barting. 27 January 1883, 1883. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair - Businessmen and Empire Builders. 'Manchester'. Sir Thomas Bazley. 21 April 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Georgie'. The Rt. Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton. April 5, 1879, 1879. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, February 23, 1899, 1899. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Let arts and commerce, laws and learning die, but leave us still our old nobility.' The Rt. Hon. Lord John J.R. Manners. 20 November 1869, 1869. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'A Postmaster General', Sir James Fergusson, April 30, 1892 (B197914.705), Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Foreign Affairs'. Mr. James William Lowther. 19 December 1891, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1891, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'A good fellow'. Lord Colville of Colross. July 26, 1873, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1873, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'A Conservative whip'. Lord Skelsmerdale. 15 July 1871, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1871, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Westmoreland'. The Hon. William Lowther. 29 October 1881,, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1881, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'A nice little fellow.' The Hon. Gerard James Noel'. 18 March 1871, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1871, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Ninety-one', The Earl of Mountcashell, September 8, 1883 (B197914.871), Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1883, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair- 'A practical patriot'. Lord Ardilaun. May 8, 1880, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1880, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Weymouth'. Mr. Henry Edwards. November 11, 1882, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1882, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Clergy. 'Truro' Howard Wilkinson, Bishop of Truro, 1885. Chromolithograph.

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