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Vanity Fair Collection

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Charles Thurston Fogg-Elliot, 1894. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

Charles Thurston Fogg-Elliot, 1894. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Charles Thurston Fogg-Elliot, 1894. A portrait of Charles Thurston Fogg-Elliot (1870-1955). [Vanity Fair, 1894]

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: The Little Father, 1897. Creator: Jean Baptiste Guth

The Little Father, 1897. Creator: Jean Baptiste Guth
The Little Father, 1897. Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918), raising a toast. Published in Vanity Fair, 21 October 1897

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Charles Darwin from Vanity Fair magazine, 30 September 1871, 1871

Charles Darwin from Vanity Fair magazine, 30 September 1871, 1871. Creator: Tissot, James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902)
Charles Darwin from Vanity Fair magazine, 30 September 1871, 1871. Private Collection

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Plum, 1903. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

Plum, 1903. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Plum, 1903. British right-handed batsman Pelham Plum Warner (1873-1963) played for Oxford University, Middlesex and England during a career lasting from 1894 until 1920

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: A plastic group, 1914. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

A plastic group, 1914. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
A plastic group, 1914. 4 women at edge of water on rocks. Halftone repro. in Vanity Fair, 1914 April, p. 18. ['This picture...proves that the higher aspects of modern dance movement have widened

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: A Symphony, 1878. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

A Symphony, 1878. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
A Symphony, 1878. Caricature of American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), published in " Vanity Fair" 12 January 1878

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: George Augustus Sala, 1875, (1945). Creator: Carlo Pellegrini

George Augustus Sala, 1875, (1945). Creator: Carlo Pellegrini
George Augustus Sala, 1875, (1945). Portrait of British journalist and author George Augustus Sala (1828-1896). Sala wrote for the " Illustrated London News"

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Vanity Fair: Statesman No. 26 When Birth cannot lead, Brains must. 1869

Vanity Fair: Statesman No. 26 When Birth cannot lead, Brains must. 1869
Vanity Fair: Statesman No. 26 " When Birth cannot lead, Brains must.", 1869

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Vanity Fair: Men of the Day, No. 39 The Novelist who invented Sensation, 1872

Vanity Fair: Men of the Day, No. 39 The Novelist who invented Sensation, 1872
Vanity Fair: Men of the Day, No. 39 " The Novelist who invented Sensation", 1872

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Vanity Fair: Men of the Day No. 14 A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant... 1870

Vanity Fair: Men of the Day No. 14 A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant... 1870
Vanity Fair: Men of the Day No. 14 " A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents", 1870

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 71 One of the Lambs of the Political Fold, 1871

Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 71 One of the Lambs of the Political Fold, 1871
Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 71 " One of the Lambs of the Political Fold", 1871

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 23 He is too honest a Tory for his party and time, 1869

Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 23 He is too honest a Tory for his party and time, 1869
Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 23 " He is too honest a Tory for his party and time", 1869

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Christian and Hopeful leaving Vanity Fair, c1910. Creator: Unknown

Christian and Hopeful leaving Vanity Fair, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Christian and Hopeful leaving Vanity Fair, c1910. Scene from " The Pilgrims Progress", by John Bunyan. Glass lantern slide produced by the Church Army Lantern Department which in 1905 had

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Christian and Faithful pass through Vanity Fair, c1910. Creator: Unknown

Christian and Faithful pass through Vanity Fair, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Christian and Faithful pass through Vanity Fair, c1910. Scene from " The Pilgrims Progress", by John Bunyan. Glass lantern slide produced by the Church Army Lantern Department which in 1905

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Ranji, 1897. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

Ranji, 1897. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Ranji, 1897. Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja (1872-1933), also known as Ranji, was ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar as Maharaja Jam Saheb

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: The Croucher, 1901. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

The Croucher, 1901. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
The Croucher, 1901. English cricketer Gilbert Laird Jessop (1874-1955) played for Cambridge University, Gloucestershire, and England, and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898. [London, 1901]

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (1860-1938) captained the Yorkshire County Cricket Club for 28 seasons

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Repton, Oxford & Somerset, 1903. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

Repton, Oxford & Somerset, 1903. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Repton, Oxford & Somerset, 1903. English amateur cricketer Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet (1870-1933) was educated at Repton School

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Sammy, 1892. Creator: Stuff

Sammy, 1892. Creator: Stuff
Sammy, 1892. Australian cricketer Sammy Woods (1867-1931). [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, London, 1892]

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Cricket, 1877. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

Cricket, 1877. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Cricket, 1877. Gloucestershire and England cricketer William Gilbert WG Grace (1848-1915) was one of the most iconic figures in the history of English cricket

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: A Flanneled Fighter, 1902. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

A Flanneled Fighter, 1902. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
A Flanneled Fighter, 1902. British cricketer, soldier and politician Stanley Jackson (1870-1947). In 1927 Jackson was appointed Governor of Bengal. [London, 1902]

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Benjie, 1894. Creator: Day & Son

Benjie, 1894. Creator: Day & Son
Benjie, 1894. Portrait of oarsman Hugh Benjamin Cotton (1871-1895), president of the Oxford University Boat Club, wearing a jumper with his initials on it

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Vanity Fair. From The Pilgrims Progress (Bunyan), c1861, (1923). Artist: Frederic Shields

Vanity Fair. From The Pilgrims Progress (Bunyan), c1861, (1923). Artist: Frederic Shields
Vanity Fair. From The Pilgrims Progress (Bunyan), 1861, (1923). A 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Vanity Fair. From The Pilgrims Progress (John Bunyan), c1850-1890, (1923)

Vanity Fair. From The Pilgrims Progress (John Bunyan), c1850-1890, (1923). Artist: John Dawson Watson
Vanity Fair. From The Pilgrims Progress (John Bunyan), c1850-1890, (1923). A 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Supposititious Silhouette of William Makepeace Thackeray Reading, c19th century. (1911)

Supposititious Silhouette of William Makepeace Thackeray Reading, c19th century. (1911). William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Richard Pigott, 1889. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

Richard Pigott, 1889. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Richard Pigott, 1889. A caricature of Richard Pigott (1835-1889), Irish Nationalist and Journalist. [Vanity Fair, 1889]

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: Little Darling, 1897. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

Little Darling, 1897. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Little Darling, 1897. A caricature of Charles John Darling (1849-1936), lawyer, politician and High Court judge. [Vanity Fair, 1897]

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: C. U. B. C, 1900. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward

C. U. B. C, 1900. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
C.U.B.C, 1900. Published 29th March 1900. William Dudley Ward (1877-1946), The President Of The Cambridge University Boat Club

Background imageVanity Fair Collection: A Scene from Thackerays Vanity Fair, 1923. Artist: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

A Scene from Thackerays Vanity Fair, 1923. Artist: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
A Scene from Thackerays Vanity Fair, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923


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