General
General
Object Auto ID
82714
Alternate Codes
315945
Common Name
Lithograph
Classified Name
Local Name
"The Speaker"; 11 Cartoons and caricatures of South African personalities
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Typical Vanity Fair caricature of the Speaker of Parliament, wearing a long wig and ceremonial gown. He is walking towards the viewer's left, holding a pair of white gloves in his left hand. His gown is lifted off the ground, indicating a person out of the frame carrying the trail. (Part of a portfolio, see 18177)
Provenance
Unknown
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Caricatures Speaker parliament wig gown
Inscriptions
Artist signed original b.l. SPY. Outside image b.l. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Ltd lith, b.c title "The Speaker" as part of print; t.l. "Vanity Fair", t.r. July 2 1887
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Dimension Comments
Loose pages in a portfolio; Image size 401 x 271 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
2 July 1887
Maker Comment
WARD, Sir Leslie (pseudonym Spy), 1851-1922
Collector Comment
Coloured lithograph
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