General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    67980
    Alternate Codes
    159020
    Common Name
    Lithograph
    Classified Name
    Local Name
    A General Group; Political Cartoons
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Supplement to Vanity Fair. 12 caricatures of generals (Depicts Gen. Hunter, Col. Plumer, Gen. MacDonald, Buller, Baden-Powell, Roberts, Dundonald, Kitchener, Pole-Carew, White, Carrington and French. Named in lower border). All face front as though posing for a group portrait. Seated in the Centre is Lord Roberts. On either side two figures peep into the scene with their fingers in front of the margins setting up an illusion of a stage set.

    Provenance

    Unknown

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Gen. Hunter, Col. Plumer, Gen. MacDonald, Buller, Baden-Powell, Roberts, Dundonald, Kitchener, Pole-Carew, White, Carrington and French

    Inscriptions
    b.r. Spy, b.c title and names of generals, b.l. lithographer below image, t.r. date and t.l. Supplement to Vanity Fair.
    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Currently bound in an album with 1852 (1); Image size 330 x 453 mm. Paper size 400 x 530 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    Nov. 29th, 1900.
    Maker Comment
    Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd - Lith. WARD, Sir Leslie (pseudonym Spy), 1851-1922
    Collector Comment
    Coloured lithograph
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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