C1903

“Natal.” [Robert George Broadwood]

Vanity Fair caricature of Robert George Broadwood by Spy Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (1827-1889), born Saint Petersburg). Shuvalov was an influential Russian statesman and a counselor to Tsar Alexander II. Referring to his court influence and reactionary policies, his more liberal … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

“Natal.” [Robert George Broadwood]

Date:

C1903

Engraver:

1889 

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Lithograph printed in colour.

Image Size: 

185mm 
x 310mm

Paper Size: 

250mm 
x 375mm
AUTHENTICITY
"Natal." [Robert George Broadwood] - Antique Print from 1903

Genuine antique
dated:

1903

Description:

Vanity Fair caricature of Robert George Broadwood by Spy

Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (1827-1889), born Saint Petersburg). Shuvalov was an influential Russian statesman and a counselor to Tsar Alexander II. Referring to his court influence and reactionary policies, his more liberal opponents sometimes called him “Peter IV” (referring to the three emperors of Russia named Peter). He was Ambassador in London.

From the original edition of, Vanity Fair.

Collections:
National Portrait Gallery (London) 4707(29)

SPY - Leslie Matthew Ward (1851 - 1922)

SPY - Leslie Matthew Ward (1851-1922) Ward was a British portrait artist and caricaturist who over four decades painted 1,325 portraits which were regularly published by Vanity Fair under their pseudonyms. Such was his influence in the genre that all Vanity Fair caricatures are sometimes referred to as "Spy Cartoons" regardless of who the artist actually was. Early portraits, almost always full-length (judges at the bench being the main exception), had a stronger element of caricature and usually distorted the proportions of the body, with a very large head and upper body supported on much smaller lower parts. Later, as he became socially accepted in the society in which he moved to gain access to his subjects, and not wishing to cause offence, his style developed into what he called 'characteristic portraits', being less of a caricature and more of an actual portrait of the subject, using realistic body proportions.

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