Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: Dodo (Portrait of the Honourable Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell Kcb, Qc) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1882. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on September 30,1882, depicting The Honourable Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell KCB, QC (15 January 1818 – 27 June 1885), a British civil servant who was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 1867 until his death in 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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