"A Scagliola Apollo"-August 22 1874-Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn

Description

Vanity Fair was a weekly magazine published in England between 1868 and 1914, known for its high-quality lithographs depicting political, social, and aristocratic figures of the era in caricatural yet identifiable forms. The series aimed to "portray" public figures of the Victorian and Edwardian eras with an ironic eye, while also demonstrating the power structure of the period. Additionally, Vanity Fair portrait cartoons often have a humorous or playful subtitle beneath them. Rather than directly identifying the person or their title, these subtitles often reference the person's social circle or association through an allusion, a joke, a nickname, or a play on words. Two of the most famous artists to work for Vanity Fair were "Ape" (Carlo Pellegrini) and "Spy" (Leslie Ward).