Author: Liborio Prosperi (“Lib”)
Title: The Stock Exchange (Portrait of Lionel Louis Cohen) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1886. 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 April 24, 1886, depicting Lionel Louis Cohen (1832 – 26 June 1887), an English financier, politician, and communal worker. He married Esther Moses, daughter of Jacob Henry Moses, in 1856. He served as a trustee and later manager of the London Stock Exchange, and became the head of his father's firm Louis Cohen & Sons. He retired in 1885 on being elected Conservative member of Parliament. 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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