vanity fair ape (5 Ergebnisse)

An original colour lithograph from Vanity Fair, Statesmen No.72. dated January 21st 1871, signed "Ape". Sheet size is: 9 X 14 inches the image size is :7.25 X 12.25 inches. Very good with some creasing to the white margins, clear of the image. Comes with the page of biographical details.

An original colour lithograph from Vanity Fair, Statesmen No.74. dated February 11th 1871, signed "Ape". Sheet size is: 9 X 14 inches the image size is :7.25 X 12.25 inches. Very good. Comes with the page of biographical details.

Print. Zustand: Fine. Proof. Vanity Fair caricature number No. 226. Owen came to national prominence when he reconstructed the Megatherium for the Crystal Palace in time for the Great Exhibition in 1851. This is a pre-letter proof - the title "Professor Owen" comes from the accompanying letterpress with the description. The published print title was "Old Bones". Original chromolithograph, page size approx. 9.4 x 14.25 inches, image size approx. 7.5 x 12 inches, with the original leaf of biographical text from the magazine.

Mr George Bonner, famous Australian batsman, is depicted in his whites with the famous green cap and arms on hips. Published Sept 13th, 1884. Vanity Fair was an English magazine that published satirical caricatures from 1868-1914. The handsome chromolithographs are prized for their portraits of important scientists, sportsmen, judges & politicians. Approximately 20 x 36 cm.

Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) (illustrator). Color lithograph. Sheet measures 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. This supplement to Vanity Fair titled "the philanthropist", features Herbert Praed wearing roller skates. Mr. Praed was a conservative MP. The original artist was Carlo Pellegrini, otherwise known as "Ape" who was an Italian cartoonist based in London. The print is in good condition with very minor foxing in upper margin. The British Vanity Fair (1868--1914), a compendium and often critique of Victorian culture, is best known today for its lithographed caricatures of contemporary figures and issues. Its portrait series pictured and described--with both praise and caricature--prominent Victorian and Edwardian politicians, lawyers, doctors, and similar professionals. Their images, often accompanied literary and political articles, cultural reviews, serialized fiction, and other standard weekly magazine features. As the publication grew, it turned increasingly toward gossip as a topic.