The Vanity fair album : a show of sovereigns, statesmen, judges and men of the day, with biographical and critical notices / by Jehu Junior.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Bowles, Thomas Gibson, 1841-1922.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caricatures and cartoons.

Caricatures and cartoons--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Penn Provenance:

Walker, Harry (inscription) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

44 volumes : color portraits ; 37-39 cm

Annual

Vol. 1 (1869)-v. 44 (1912).

Place of Publication:

Covent Garden : "Vanity Fair" Office, 1869-1912.

Summary:

'Vanity Fair' was famous in part for its coloured caricatures of statesmen, politicians and and public figures of the day. These were principally by "Spy" (i.e. Sir Leslie Ward) and "Ape" (i.e. Carlo Pellegrini, who in 1869-1870 went under the pseudonym "Singe").

Notes:

The portraits are cartoons.

Reprinted from Vanity fair magazine.

Vol. 1-42 also called 1st-42d series on cover.

Vol. 1 also called 4th ed.

Local Notes:

RBC copy imperfect: Volume 23 lacks frontispiece, and plates no. 14, 582, 577, 523, 497, 493, 503, and 515.

RBC copy volume 23 unbound.

RBC copy volume 23 has inscription which reads "To C. Beichall Esq., with kind regards, Harry Walker, Xmas 91."

OCLC:

1202169