Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: Burra Dick (Portrait of Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet Gcsi, Cie, Pc, Frs) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1881. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Very good. Minor foxing in top and bottom margins. Image not affected. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on January 15, 1881, depicting Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet GCSI, CIE, PC, FRS (8 March 1826 – 15 March 1902), a British colonial administrator in the 19th-century India, who served as Governor of Bombay from 1877 to 1880. 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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