Two Vanity Fair Statesman prints, color lithographs, ca. late 19th Century, both of Statesmen, with the corresponding text for each affixed to the back of the framing. Framed as a pair with gilt frames and light green mats under glass, overall measuring approx. 18-1/2" x 12-5/8". They include Statesman No. 207, Earl of Abergavenny and No. 36, Lord John J.R. Manners.
From 1869 to 1914 the English Vanity Fair weekly magazine featured a full page caricature of a person of prominence at that time. The artists were outstanding caricaturists, the most famous being Sir Leslie Ward, known as " Spy ", who satirized the fashionable social life of the middle and upper classes. Among other artists were Sir Max Beerbohm, who specialized in social and literary personages, and Carlo Pellegrini known as " Ape " the first and some say the best of the early caricaturists. The majority of the prints were colored by chromo-lithography, an arduous Victorian method of printing using several limestone blocks.
75/150 Sold $57.50
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