Victorian Political Caricatures

A collection of chromolithographs depicting elegantly dressed politicians from the late 19th to early 20th century, showcasing distinct styles and postures.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Ivo'. The Earl of Darnley. April 7, 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'the brains of obstruction'. Mr. John O'Conner Power. 25 December 1886, 1886. Chromolithograph.

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Ivo'. The Earl of Darnley. April 7, 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Railway Officials - Vanity Fair. 'a Railway Director'. Mr. Charles Grey Mott. 14 June 1894, 1894. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Legal; 'Public Prosecutions', Earl of Desart his style then being Sir Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe, January 16, 1902, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1902, Chromolithograph

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

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

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, One of a set; VANITY FAIR, Ambassadors of England: Austro-Hungary Count Fraz Deym, 24 February 1898 (with biography), 1898. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'North - West Suffolk'. Mr. Ian Zachary Malcolm. 21 March 1898, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1898, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair- 'Greenwich'. Lord Hugh Cecil. October 18, 1900, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1900, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'York City'. Mr. John George Butcher. November 7, 1901, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1901, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Bridegroom'. Lord Claud John Hamilton. July 27, 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

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

Vanity Fair - Explorers and Inventors. 'Little Menlo.' Colonel George E. Gouraud. 13 April 1889, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1889, Chromolithograph

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Goodwood'. The Earl of March. 20 August 1896, 1896. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Theatre; 'B', Mr. Squire Bancroft Bancroft, June 13, 1891, 1891. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'The Admiral', Sir James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, July 6, 1878, 1878. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Anti-Rent'. Mr. Charles Stewart Parnell. 11 September 1880, Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1880, Chromolithograph

James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1823 - 1890), English economist, historian and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1886. He deployed historical and statistical methods to analyze some of the key economic and social questions in Victorian England. Caption: 'a professor'. Date: 1884

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

Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Northumberland', The Right Hon. Earl Percy, August 27, 1881 (B197914.902), Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1881, Chromolithograph

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

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Wigtownshire'. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell. 28 September 1893, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1893, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Goodwood'. The Earl of March. 20 August 1896, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1896, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - ' Bal'. Lord Balcarres. June 22, 1890, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1890, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Wigtownshire'. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell. 28 September 1893, 1893. Chromolithograph.

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Chester'. Mr. Robert Armstrong Yerburgh. 19 October 1893, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1893, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Politicians. 'Candidate for Chelsea'. Lord Inverurie. 27 March 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

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

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'an elder son.' Viscount MacDuff. 16 December 1876, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1876, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Our Eastern Policy'. Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson. 12 June 1873, 1873. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Clapham'. Mr. Percy Melville Thornton. 22 March 1900, 1900. Chromolithograph.

Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'Three Dowagers', The Marquis of Ailesbury, October 9, 1880, 1880. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Freemasons; 'The Wimbledon Division', Mr. Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor, June 30, 1898, 1898. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The young man.' The Hon. Edward Stanhope. 12 April 1879, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1879, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Alfred'. Mr. Alfred Montgomery. 2 November 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

One of a set; VANITY FAIR, Ambassadors to England: The German Ambassador, Count George Herbert Munster, 23 December 1876 (with biography), Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1876, Chromolithograph

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'military changes'. Mr. John Holms. 18 February 1882, 1882. Chromolithograph.

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

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Teachers and Headmasters; 'Oxford Modern History', Mr. Frederick York Powell, March 21, 1895, 1895. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'a Lancaster Lad.' Sir Henry Howorth. 11 July 1895, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1895, Chromolithograph

Politicians - Vanity Fair - Mr. George Errington. April 1, 1882, Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1882, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Diplomacy and Poetry'. Mr. James Renell Rodd. 7 January 1897, 1897. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Mouldy' The Earl of Powis. 27 May 1876, 1876. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Businessmen and Empire Builders. 'head of the greatest publishing home in Christendom'. Smith. 8 December 1904, 1904. Chromolithograph.

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

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Reciprocity'. Lord Bateman. January 11, 1879, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1879, Chromolithograph

Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Artist: Spy

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair 'Sydney'. Sir Daniel Cooper. January 21, 1882, 1882. Chromolithograph.

Politicians - Vanity Fair 'Sydney'. Sir Daniel Cooper. January 21, 1882, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1882, Chromolithograph

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

Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'The Fourth Duke', The Duke of Cleveland, August 4, 1877, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1877, Chromolithograph

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Our Eastern Policy'. Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson. 12 June 1873, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1873, Chromolithograph

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

Oliver Lodge (1851-1940) British physicist., 'Spy' (Leslie Ward) cartoon from Vanity Fair, 1904, when he was first Principal of Birmingham University

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Westminster'. Sir Charles Russell. 12 February 1878, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1878, Chromolithograph

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

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Committee of Selection'. The Rt. Hon. Sir John Robert Mowbray. 8 April 1882, 1882. Chromolithograph.

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'W.A.' The Rt. Hon. Sir John Forrest. October 7, 1897, 1897. Chromolithograph.

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'a Tory'. Colonel John Sidney North. 10 August 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Boycott'. Mr. Charles Cunningham Boycott. January 29, 1881, 1881. Chromolithograph.

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

Vanity Fair: Literary; 'Aberdeenshire', John Campbell Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, February 6, 1902, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1902, Chromolithograph

Dion Boucicault (also Bourcicault, and Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot) (1820-1890) Irish-born British actor, playwright and producer.Cartoon by 'Spy' (Leslie Ward, 1851-1922) from Vanity Fair (London, 1882). Chromolithograph.

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'W.A.' The Rt. Hon. Sir John Forrest. October 7, 1897, unknown artist, nineteenth century, 1897, Chromolithograph

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

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

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'A Cynical Radical'. Lord Weardale. 25 July 1906, 1906. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'Greece', H.M. Christian William Ferdinand Adolphus George, King of Greece, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1876, Chromolithograph

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'East St. Pancras.' Mr. Hugh Cecil. 23 October 1907, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1907, Chromolithograph

WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author

Vanity Fair: Politicians; 'The Vatican', Mr. George Errington, April 1, 1882 (B197914.702), Theobald Chartran, 1849-1907, French, 1882, Chromolithograph

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

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The O'Donoghue'. The O'Donoghue of the Glens. 23 October 1880, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1880, Chromolithograph

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, The Baron - Sir Charles Lennox Wyke. 9 Feb. 1884, 1884. Chromolithograph.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 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), 1893. Chromolithograph.

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

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Literary; 'A Noble Writer', Philip-Henry Stanhope, May 23, 1874, 1874. Chromolithograph.

Vanity Fair: Theatre; 'Our Only Comedian', Mr. Charles James Mathews, October 2, 1875, Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, 1875, Chromolithograph

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

John Laird Mair Lawrence, lst Baron Lawrence (1811-1879) British statesman and administrator. Served in the Indian civil service. Viceroy of India (1864-1859). Chairman of the London School Board (1870-1873). Cartoon by 'Ape' (Carlo Pellegrini - 1838-1889) from 'Vanity Fair' (London, 18 December 1875). Chromolithograph.

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Dissent'. Mr. Samuel Morley. 15 June 1872, 1872. Chromolithograph.

David Copperfield.. Cigarette cards, Trade cards. George Arents Collection. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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

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

Teis Lundegaard 1774-1856 Norwegian politician From the book Eidsvoll 1814 published 1914

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