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C1878
“Paris Exhibition”
Artist:
(Spy) Leslie Matthew Ward (1851 - 1922)
Vanity Fair caricature of Philip Cunliffe-Owen (1828 – 1894). He was an exhibition organizer and the Director of the South Kensington Museum in London. From the original edition of Vanity Fair.
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Full Title:
“Paris Exhibition”
Date:
C1878
Artist:
(Spy) Leslie Matthew Ward (1851 - 1922)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
184mm
x 307mm
Paper Size:
274mm
x 395mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1878
Description:
Vanity Fair caricature of Philip Cunliffe-Owen (1828 – 1894). He was an exhibition organizer and the Director of the South Kensington Museum in London.
From the original edition of Vanity Fair.
Artist:
[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 the 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.
