Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: The General (Portrait of Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1881. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Minor foxing in top left corner and bottom margin. Image not affected. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on December 3, 1881, depicting Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset (1825 – 7 July 1884), of Bagborough, Somerset, a British Conservative Member of Parliament and a famous west-country Master of Staghounds. 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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