Richard John Lloyd Price Framed Vanity Fair Spy Print
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Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (21 November 1851 – 15 May 1922) 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 "Spy" and "Drawl". The portraits were produced as watercolours and turned into chromolithographs for publication in the magazine. These were then usually reproduced on better paper and sold as prints. 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.
Print Sz: 13 5/8"H x 8 1/4"W
Frame Sz: 17 1/4"H x 11 3/4"W
Richard John Lloyd Price, Oct 10, 1885 by Spy
Richard John Lloyd Price DL, JP (17 April 1843 – 9 January 1923), was squire of Rhiwlas Estate (about 64,000 acres in North Wales). He was a journalist, author, and judge at field trials and dog shows — best known as the organizer of the first sheepdog trials held in the U.K.
Life & Legacy
Price was born in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales in 1843. He was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford. He was appointed High Sheriff of Merionethshire for the year 1868. On 20 April 1869 he married Evelyn Gregge-Hopwood. Their son was Robert Kenrick Price (1870–1927). In 1873 R. J. Lloyd Price's friend Sewallis Shirley started The Kennel Club and also persuaded Price to hold at his estate in Rhiwlas the U.K.'s first sheepdog field trials. In 1887 R. J. Lloyd Price established the Welsh Whiskey Distillery at Frongoch. His great-grandson Robin Price became heir to the Rhiwlas Estate and president of the International Sheep Dog Society and then honorary vice-president of that society