Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: The Times (Portrait of John Walter III) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1881. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Small spot of foxing in right margin, else fine. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on September 10, 1881, depicting John Walter III (8 October 1818 – 3 November 1894), an English newspaper publisher and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1847 and 1885. 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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