Vanity Fair Antique Prints

Vanity Fair prints gained popularity due to several factors: 1.

Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and politician, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017) with James ...

In 1900, he was the number one jockey racing in Britain based on earnings, beating other prominent American jockeys such as Tod Sloan, Danny Maher, Skeets Martin and his younger brot...

Vanity Fair prints gained popularity due to several factors: 1.

Vanity Fair prints gained popularity due to several factors: 1.

Vanity Fair prints gained popularity due to several factors: 1.

Vanity Fair prints gained popularity due to several factors: 1.

Chromolithograph titled 'Johnny' Lithograph of John Reiff. This print originates from 'Vanity Fair'. Published 1900.

The New-York Tribune was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley. This print originates from 'Vanity Fair'. Published 1902.

Lithograph of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, an American-British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. This print originates from 'Vanity Fa...

He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. This print originates from 'Vanity Fair'. Published 1909.

He flourished at the beginning of what is now referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known for his drawings and paintings of Shakespearean and Victorian subject...

He sponsored explorers including Henry Morton Stanley's trip to Africa to find David Livingstone, and the ill-fated USS Jeannette attempt on the North Pole. This print originates fro...

He died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. This print originates from 'Vanity Fair'. Published 1907.

Classic Vanity Fair colour plate by 'Spy' aka Sir Leslie Ward subject, 'Yorkshire Cricket' published Sept 24 1892 Print Sz: 13 1/2"H x 8"W Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (16 ...

'Hydrophobia' Vanity Fair medical portrait of Louis Pasteur. Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable b...

This caricature print originates from the Vanity Fair of March 31, 1904.

1869 "Vanity Fair" Office Vol. I. Fifth Edition A Show of Sovereigns on Statesman, Judges and Men of the Day 46 full-colour plates 14.5" x 9.75"

Chromolithographs Unframed. Published in Vanity fair. Dated 1873 The measurement given below is for one of the prints.

'Anti-Vivisection' Vanity Fair portrait of The Hon. Stephen Coleridge Hentschel-Colourtype. 1910. Stephen William Buchanan Coleridge (1854-1936) was an English author, barrister,...

Many of the subjects appear in other Vanity Fair illustrations. An original edition of this late Victorian print, some fading and yellowing creating a wonderfully authentic tone

'Finger Prints' Chromolithograph. 1905. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Edward Richard Henry, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB CSI KPM (1850-1931) who was the Commissioner of Police of the Metropo...

This caricature print originates from the Vanity Fair of May 27, 1876.

'Stay please' Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr Justice Field. Accompanied by original descriptive text. 380mm by 260mm (sheet)

Collection of 3 Vanity Fair Sport Themed “Spy” Prints A rare collection of original coloured lithograph prints the earliest dating from 1896 to 1904, mounted and glazed in Black fra...

Chromolithographs Unframed. Published in Vanity fair. Dated 1873 The measurement given below is for one of the prints.

Chromolithographs Unframed. Published in Vanity fair C.1870. Actually dated 1869-1873 The measurement given below is for one of the prints.

'Corney Grain' Chromolithograph. 1885. Vanity Fair portrait of Corney Grain (1844-1895) playing the piano. Corney Grain was a British barrister turned actor, entertainer, and music...

An English Gentleman Caricature – Lord Roseberry – an original chromolithograph from the British Vanity Fair series English Gentlemen, printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son., 190...

Title: Set of Three Vanity Fair Portraits – Judges, Sovereign and Man of the Day, 1870 Description: This striking set of three original Vanity Fair chromolithographs dates from late...

Set of Three Vanity Fair Statesmen Portraits – Victorian London, 1870 Description: This refined set of three original Vanity Fair chromolithographs dates from February 1870 and form...

Technique: Chromolithograph Maker: Leslie Ward (“Spy”) and Carlo Pellegrini (“Ape”), printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, London, 1883 Keywords: Vanity Fair set, Spy caricatures, A...

'Joe' Hentschel-Colourtype. 1910. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Joseph Lyons who founded the famous Cafe shops. 380mm by 265mm (sheet)

Technique: Chromolithograph Maker: Published by Vanity Fair, London, after Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, 1900 Keywords: Vanity Fair military print, Lord Roberts caricature, Boer War ch...

Technique: Chromolithograph Maker: Sir Leslie Ward (“Spy”), published by Vanity Fair, London, 1893 Keywords: Vanity Fair political caricature, Leslie Ward Spy print, Victorian polit...

'Badminton' Chromolithograph. 1897. Vanity Fair portrait of Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1849-1922) who was a Music and Drama Critic. He wrote for the Saturday Review and occasion...

'Ape' Vanity Fair portrait of Carlo Pellegrini (1839-1889), nicknamed 'Ape', who was an artist who served from 1869 to 1889 as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine. 395mm by 2...

Produced during the formative years of the magazine, the print reflects the period when Vanity Fair portraits were widely collected and displayed as individual works.

'Popular Astronomy' Vanity Fair portrait of Irish astronomer Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913). In 1867 he became Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Royal College of Science ...

Drawn and caricatured by Carlo Pellegrini, known by his signature “Ape,” these prints exemplify the refined wit, clarity, and graphic strength that made Vanity Fair one of the most i...

Issued weekly by Vanity Fair and drawn by leading caricaturists such as “Spy” and “T.”, these full-length portraits are celebrated for their refined draughtsmanship, subtle satire, a...

'Bobby' Vanity Fair cricket portrait of Robert Abel. Abel was a right hand batsman and bowler for Surrey and England. 390mm by 265mm (image)

Issued at the height of Vanity Fair’s influence and printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, these full-length caricatures exemplify the magazine’s distinctive blend of refined portrait...

Issued during Vanity Fair’s golden age and printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, these full-length caricatures are celebrated for their refined draughtsmanship, restrained humour, an...

Drawn by leading Vanity Fair artists and printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, these full-length caricatures combine refined portraiture with gentle satire, capturing public figures ...

Ralph Bernal Osborne Caricature – Vanity Fair Statesmen No. 49, 1870 Description: This original chromolithograph caricature was published in Vanity Fair on May 28, 1870, as part of ...

'The Lobster' Vanity Fair cricket portrait of Digby Jephson. Jephson was an all-rounder for Surrey who is best remembered for his lob bowling, a style he cultivated after employing...

1896 Print Sz: 14 1/2"H x 9"W Mat Sz: 20"H x 12 7/8"W Samuel Loates (1865–1932) was a British Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was the Champion Jockey of 1899 in his home coun...

An English Gentleman Caricature – The Marquess of Bath – an original chromolithograph from the British Vanity Fair series English Gentlemen, printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son....

Technique: Chromolithograph / color lithographic caricature supplement Maker: Various Vanity Fair artists (Spy / Leslie Ward; Ape / Carlo Pellegrini; Liborio Prosperi; PAL; Théobald ...

Technique: Chromolithograph Maker: Cuthbert Bradley, published by Vanity Fair, London, 1901 Keywords: Vanity Fair chromolithograph, fox hunting print, Quorn Hunt, Kirby Gate hunting...

1890 Sz: 20"H x 12 7/8"W James Woodburn 1863-1919 Born at York on September 20, 1863, James began life as a doctor’s errand boy but, wanting to become a jockey, he ran away from ...

Sz: 20"H x 12 3/4"W 1887 Colin George Barrett (29 May 1863 – 25 February 1898), was a leading jockey in the United Kingdom in the 1880s and 1890s. He was born on 29 May 1863 in Met...

Sz: 20 1/8"H x 12 3/4"W 1903 John "Jack" Watts was a British flat-race jockey. In a career that lasted from 1880 until 1900 he rode the winners of 19 Classics. He was noted for his...

1900 Sz: 15"H x 10 1/8"W John "Knickerbocker" Reiff (1885 - 1974), often called Johnny, was an American flat racing jockey, whose greatest successes came in Great Britain where he ...

Technique: Chromolithograph Maker: Leslie Ward (“Spy”), printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, London, 1883 Keywords: Vanity Fair set, Spy caricatures, Leslie Ward Spy, Sir Howard Vi...

Technique: Chromolithograph Maker: Leslie Ward (“Spy”), printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, London, 1883 Keywords: Vanity Fair set, Spy caricatures, Leslie Ward Spy, Sir Henry...

Technique: Chromolithograph Maker: Vanity Fair, London; printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, 1896

'Eduard Strauss' Chromolithograph, 1895. Vanity Fair musician portrait of Eduard Strauss (1835 – 1916) the Austrian composer. 400mm by 270mm (sheet)

'Position' Chromolithograph, 1874, after Ape (Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889) Vanity Fair portrait of the Duke of Devonshire. 380mm by 260mm (sheet)