Victorian Politician Portraits

Stylized chromolithographs of Victorian-era politicians, featuring elegant suits, formal poses, and muted colors, reflecting historical portraiture.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'International Penny Postage'. Mr. John Henniker Heaton. September 17, 1887, 1887. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - Lord Duncannon. October 6, 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - Lord Duncannon. October 6, 1904, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1904, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'International Penny Postage'. Mr. John Henniker Heaton. September 17, 1887, 1887. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Persia and India'. The Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon. June 18, 1892, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Peking'. Sir Ernest Satow. 23 April 1903, 1903. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Railway Officials; 'G.W.R.', Sir Joseph Loftus Wilkinson, November 20, 1902, 1902. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Persia and India'. The Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon. June 18, 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'West Essex.' Col. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood. 6 September 1894, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1894, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Mac'. Co. John J. Mac Donnell. 7 October 1882, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1882, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'South Warwickshire'. Sir John Earley Earley-Wilmont. May 9, 1885, 1885. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'South Warwickshire'. Sir John Earley Earley-Wilmont. May 9, 1885, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1885, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Theatre; 'The Poet's Son', Sir Percy Florence Shelley, December 13, 1879, 1879. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'He Killed the cat'. Mr. Arthur John Otway. 8 February 1879, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1879, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Brighton'. Mr. William Thackerey Marriot. 24 March 1883, Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1883, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Straits Settlements'. Sir Cecil Clementi Smith. 23 January 1892, unknown artist, nineteenth century (Braddell), 1892, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Infant Samuel'. Mr. Samuel Laing. 16 August 1873, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1873, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Colonial Self-Government'. The Rt. Hon. Lord Norton. 27 September 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Finsbury', Mr. William Torrens McCullagh Torrens, December 8, 1883 (B197914.979), 1883. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Frome'. The Marquis of Bath. April 23, 1896, 1896. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Montgomeryshire'. Mr. Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn. 28 June 1879, 1879. Chromolithograph.

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

Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer. Author of 'Self Help'. 'Spy' (Leslie Ward) cartoon from 'Vanity Fair', London, 14 January 1882

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'West St. Pancras'. Mr. Harry Robert Graham. May 11, 1893, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1893, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'of Newe'. Sir Charles John Forbes. August 14, 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'West St. Pancras'. Mr. Harry Robert Graham. May 11, 1893, 1893. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'West Essex.' Col. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood. 6 September 1894, 1894. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Bill'. Colonel the Hon. William Henry Peregrine Carington. March 4 1893, 1893. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Montgomeryshire'. Mr. Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn. 28 June 1879, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1879, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Bankers and Financiers. 'Hythe'. Sir A.E. Sasson. 1 February 1900, 1900. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Literary; 'A French Poet', Victor Hugo, September 20, 1879, Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1879, Chromolithograph

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Brighton'. Mr. William Thackerey Marriot. 24 March 1883, 1883. Chromolithograph.

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

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Vanity Fair: Literary; 'A French Poet', Victor Hugo, September 20, 1879, 1879. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair - Clergy. 'Chaplain to the Commons'. Frederick William Farrar. 10 October 1891, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1891, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Strathfieldsaye'. The Duke of Wellington. 5 March 1903, 1903. Chromolithograph.

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Suffolk'. The Earl of Stradbroke. 31 July 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

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

Vanity Fair: Newspapermen; 'New York Tribune', Mr. Whitelaw Reid, September 25, 1902, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1902, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair - The Kent Gang. Mr. Areta Akers-Douglas. Sept 26, 1885. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Literary; 'Anthony Hope', Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins, December 26, 1895, 1895. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Kilkenny', The Marquess of Ormonde, October 12, 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

Nathaniel Edward Yorke-Davies. Colour lithograph by Sir L. Ward Spy, 1900.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Local Taxation.' Sir Massey Lopes. 15 May 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Mrs. J. D. Rees, 1867-1943, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Madras'. Lord Wenlock. 28 January 1893, 1893. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair - Businessmen and Empire Builders. 'Horace'. Lord Farquhqr. 2 June 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Mid Armagh'. Mr. Dunbar Plunket Barton. April 7, 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Businessmen and Empire Builders. 'West Marylebone'. Sir Frederick Seager Hunt, Bart. 18 May 1893, 1893. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Ancient Lineage', The Marquis of Bath, June 13, 1874 (B197914.589), 1874. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Americans. 'United States Embrassy'. Mr. J.H. Choate. 28 September 1899, 1899. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'An Admiral', Real Admiral Lord John Hay, October 23, 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

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

John Thomas Freeman-Mitford, 1st Earl of Redesdale, 2nd Baron Redesdale (1805 - 1886), Protestant controversialist, and member of the House of Lords. Date: 1875

It is hardly to be believed that two political leaders should fall out only because their wives cannot agree.' Lord Chalmsford. February 5, 1870, unknown artist, nineteenth century, 1870, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Billy', William Arthur Hamar Bass, September 14, 1905, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1905, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair - Explorers and Inventors. 'The Director'. Lord William Hay. 12 December 1874, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1874, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'of Muckross'. Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert. 24 June 1876, 1876. Chromolithograph.

unknown artist, nineteenth century (Braddell), Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Straits Settlements'. Sir Cecil Clementi Smith. 23 January 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Barney'. Mr. Barnett I. Barnato. February 14, 1895, 1895. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Shuttleworth'. The Rt. Hon. Lord Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe. 18 August 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Yorkshire'. Mr. Frederick Acclom Milbank. 17 July 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Barney'. Mr. Barnett I. Barnato. February 14, 1895, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1895, Chromolithograph

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

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Vanity Fair: Literary; 'Tom Brown', Thomas Hughes, June 8, 1872, 1872. Chromolithograph.

'Mr James Weatherby', 1890.Artist: Liborio Prosperi

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

Sir William Fergusson. Coloured lithograph by C. Pellegrini Ape, 1870.

SIR MICHAEL HENRY HERBERT "Washington". The British Ambassador to the United States between 1902-1903 Date: 1857 - 1903

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Clergy. 'The noblest of English names.' Earn Nelson. 16 April 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Finsbury'. Mr. Willaim Torrens McCullagh Torrens. 8 December 1883, 1883. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Newspapermen; 'Algy', The Hon. Algernon Henry Bourke, Januray 20, 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Lanarkshire'. Sir Edward Colebrook. February 28, 1885, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1885, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair - Bankers and Financiers. 'The Cape'. Hon. Cecil Rhodes. 28 March 1891, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1891, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Barnstaple'. Mr. George Pitt- Lewis. 28 May 1887, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1887, Chromolithograph

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

Charles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician. He was Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912 in the Liberal administrations headed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith. He was great-grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales and consequently, great-great grandfather of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Date: 1881

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Lofty', Mr. Arthur Loftus Tottenham. 15 April 1882, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1882, Chromolithograph

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Bankers and Financiers. Mr. Michael Biddulf. 25 July 1891, 1891. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Palmerston's Secretary'. The Hon. Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley. November 17, 1883, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1883, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair, Ambassadors to England. 'Russia'. Count Schouvaloff. 13 February 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, One of a set; VANITY FAIR, Ambassadors to England: Austria - Frederick Ferdinand, Count Beust - 28 Aug. 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Billy', Lord Lurgan, January 9, 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

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

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'natal'. The Hon Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson. July 7, 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

Vanity Fair - Businessmen and Empire Builders. 'a man of business'. Lord Henniker. 1 July 1882, Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1882, Chromolithograph

Prime Ministers - Vanity Fair. 'It is his mission to stem the tide of democracy.' The Earl of Derby. 29 May 1869, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1869, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Legal; 'The President of the Law Society', Mr. Thomas Rawle, July 6, 1905, 1905. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Whitehead Torpedo'. Mr. John William MaClure. 22 October 1892, 1892. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Peter', Sir Peter Carlaw Walker, June 8, 1905, 1905. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Prime Ministers - Vanity Fair. 'A gentle shepherd who would lead his flock into the protectionist fold'. Mr. Andrew Bonar Law'. 2 March 1905, 1905. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'H.R.H. The Crown Prince of Denmark', Prince Christian Frederick Charles William, December 12, 1895, 1895. Chromolithograph.

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