Author: Carlo Pellegrini, Ape
Title: Police (Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson Kcb)(Original Lithograph
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1875. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Good. Foxing in the margins, not affecting image. Wear along top edge of the page. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on March 6, 1875, depicting Lieutenant Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson KCB (19 April 1821 – 8 December 1896), an officer in the British Army who was Comptroller-General of Convicts in Western Australia from 1850 to 1863, Home Office Surveyor-General of Prisons from 1863 to 1869, and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1869 to 1886. Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social, political, and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures, drawn by renowned artists, captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor, satire, and artistry. .

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