Set of Five Framed 19th Century Vanity Fair "Spy" Prints, circa 1890s

Set of three "Temperance" color engravings by Cruikshank, 19th century Each measures 13" x 9". The frames measure 20.5" x 17.5". Offered as a set of three only. Good antique...

19th century pair of framed Italian hand colored engravings One engraving depicts a scene from Florence, Italy The other depicts a sc...

French School "L 'Homme Chic" mens fashion original pochoir print, circa 1930 Vintage French fashion pochoir by Kossuth, Paris. Pochoir is a sten...

Joseph Mazzuloni (Italy, b. 1868) "The Broken Jug" original oil painting circa 1890s Fine antique oil painting by Italian artist Joseph Mazzuloni. Titled "The Broken Jug". A...

Martin Levine (American, 20th century) "Private Property" limited edition color lithograph, circa 1982 A fantastic vintage color lithograph by Mart...

American 19th century carved and gilded full length mirror, circa 1890s Fantastic full length rectangular mirror with a cornucopia of oak leaves and acorns at each corner. The ...

A set of three framed Vanity Fair prints by Sir Leslie Ward, signed "SPY" There is one pair measuring 17 high, 13 wide, framed and the center one is...

[English Gentlemen], from Vanity Fair twelve chromolithographs, on wove papers. Printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son., with various dates from 1875 to 1897. Eight are by Spy, two are by Ape, one by "T" and one by Lib. Professionally framed with black and gilt frames and beige silk mats, with margins, apparently in excellent condition, not examined out of the frames. Titles comprise: "Accrington", June 11, 1892, "Newcastle Upon Tyne" July 18, 1893, "A New Peer", October 5, 1878, "South Bucks", June 4, 1896, "South Kensington", September 2, 1897, "Lord Salisbury's Manners", July 13, 1893, "The Blister", August 4, 1888, "A Postmaster General", April 30, 1892, "Sir James Miller", September 6, 1890, "Sol", October 28, 1897, "A Young Man" September 11, 1875, and "A Naturalist", September 9, 1882. Vanity Fair was a weekly magazine published in London, founded & edited by Thomas Gibson Bowles. His aim was to expose to contemporary vanities of Victorian society. From 1868 to 1914, full page colour lithographs appeared in most weekly issues, frequently lampooning or lauding their subjects which included artists, athletes, royalty, politicians, scientists, authors, actors, sportsmen, lawyers, diplomats, soldiers, clergy, scholars and other celebrities of the day - mostly British, but also many other internationally significant personalities. Over 2,300 of these colour cartoons were printed, and they are considered the chief cultural legacy of the magazine, forming a pictorial record of many of the most significant public figures of the period. They are renowned throughout the world and highly collectible and recognisable. Famous artists contributed to Vanity Fair, typically under pen names. The best remembered today is Leslie Ward (1851-1922), who signed his works as "Spy", and whose caricatures account for well over half of those featured in Vanity Fair. So famous have these fabulous prints become, Vanity Fair caricatures today often are referred to simply as "Spy Cartoons...

Antique print titled '19th Century - XIXc Siècle -XIXles Jahrhundert'. Chromolithograph of floral designs from printed fabrics ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polyc...

Antique print titled '19th Century - XIXc Siècle -XIXles Jahrhundert'. Chromolithograph of designs from painted fabrics and wallpapers ornaments. This print originates from 'l'Orneme...

Chromolithograph titled 'Barnum'. Lithograph of P. T. Barnum. Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and politician, remembered for ...

Chromolithograph titled 'Lester'. Lester Berchart Reiff (1877–1948) was an American jockey who achieved racing acclaim in the United Kingdom in the first decade of the twentieth cent...