Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: From the Army to the Church (Portrait of William Dalrymple Maclagan) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1891. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Minor foxing in right and bottom margins. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on September 5, 1891, depicting William Dalrymple Maclagan (18 June 1826 – 19 September 1910), Archbishop of York from 1891 to 1908, when he resigned his office. He was succeeded in 1909 by Cosmo Gordon Lang, later Archbishop of Canterbury. As Archbishop of York, Maclagan crowned Queen Alexandra in 1902. 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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