"Spy" aka Sir Leslie Ward

Colonel James "Keith" Fraser 1880 by Sir Leslie Ward

Classic Vanity Fair Men of The Day series featuring jockey Lester Reiff (No. DCCXC) 1900 Art Sz: 12 1/2"H x 7 5/8"W Frame Sz: 18 7/8"H x 12 3/4"W Lester Berchart Reiff (1877–1948)...

Classic colour plate of Bucks" by 'Spy' aka Sir Leslie Ward for Vanity Fair published Nov 7, 1885 Print Sz: 13 3/4"H x 8 1/2"W Frame Sz: 19"H x 14"W w/ billiard green mat & gilt b...

"Count Strickland" by Hay is a chromolithograph print from Vanity Fair, published on May 4, 1893, depicting Count Della Catena, a Maltese jockey who also rode in the Grand National a...

Classic c1900 lithograph portrait by "SEM" aka Georges Gousat (1863-1934) depicting Sampieri from the folio Album Le Turf in period gilt frame from Copenha...

'a sculptor' Vanity Fair portrait of Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower. He was a connoisseur and collector. He practised as a sculpto...

Cuthbert "CB" Bradley for Vanity Fair Magazine "A Judge" - The Rev Cecil Legard 11 July 1901 Lithograph 21 x 37 cm CB's cartoon depicts The Rev Cecil Legard (1843-1918), the Rector of Cottesbrooke and heir to the baronetcy. As well as a clergyman, Legard was a noted sportsman and hound expert; he was a steeplechase rider, and also edited the Foxhound Kennel Stud Book. CB depicts him judging hounds, excellently outfitted; as the biography on the reverse of the mounted lithograph notes, he might be 'the best judge of a foxhound in England'. A copy of the cartoon is held by the Kingston Lacy Estate in Dorset. Cuthbert Bradley was also a sporting man - he famously authored 'Fox-Hunting from Shire to Shire with Many Noted Packs' and worked as a sporting journalist for The Field. As well as illustrating for Vanity Fair, he painted polo and foxhunting scenes, and other pictures of equestrian interest. The majority of his Vanity Fair cartoons are of hunting men. The Vanity Fair magazine of 1868 to 1914 was subtitled 'A Weekly Show of Political, Social and Literary Wares'. Founded by Thomas Gibson...

Sir Leslie 'Spy' Ward for Vanity Fair Magazine The Huntsman 1 November 1884 Lithograph Depicting Thomas Firr, Huntsman of the Quorn, on the day of the se...

'Aldershot Cavalry' Vanity Fair portrait of Major General The Hon. Reginald Talbot CB. (1841-1929). He was Governor of Victoria, Australia, from 25 April 1904 to 6 July 1908, taking...