"Rufford Abbey Lord Savile" 1908 Framed Vanity Fair Spy Print
$400
Print Sz: 14 3/4"H x 8 3/4"W
Frame Sz: 18 3/8"H x 12 1/8"W
Rufford Abbey Lord Saville by Spy VF Supplement Hentschel-Colortype
An image of the Lord Savile after a drawing by "Spy".
Printed by Hentschel-Colourtype.
One of a group of nine prominent game hunters produced by Vanity Fair
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.