Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: He Paints Portraits & Ideas (Portrait of George Frederic Watts) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1891. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Good. Heavy foxing on verso, with light sgns of foxing showing on front. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on December 26, 1891, depicting George Frederic Watts OM RA (23 February 1817 – 1 July 1904), a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in a universal symbolic language. 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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