Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: The Great Western (Portrait of Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1882. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Good. Light foxing in margins. Image not affected. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on December 9, 1882, depicting Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889), an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer. He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its chairman from 1865 until his death in 1889. 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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