Author: Coïdé (Adriano Cecioni, July 26, 1836 – May 23, 1886) (Lith.)
Title: Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet Mp; a Far Advanced Radical. Issue No. 160. (Original Lithograph. )
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches, accompanied by 1 page of letterpress description. Very Good. Quarter inch tear in top margin, not affecting image. Published in Vanity Fair, 25 November 1871. Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet, PC (4 September 1843 – 26 January 1911) was an English Liberal and Radical politician. A republican in the early 1870s, he later became a leader in the radical challenge to Whig control of the Liberal Party, making a number of important contributions, including the legislation increasing democracy in 1883-1885, his support of the growing labor and feminist movements and his prolific writings on international affairs. Touted as a future prime minister, his aspirations to higher political office were effectively terminated in 1885 after a notorious and well-publicised divorce case. His disgrace and the alignment of Joseph Chamberlain with the Conservatives both greatly weakened the radical cause. .

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