Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: The Brains of Obstruction (Portrait of John O'Connor Power) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1886. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Good. Moderate foxing throughout. Heavy foxing on verso. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on December 25, 1886, depicting John O'Connor Power (13 February 1846 – 21 February 1919), an Irish Fenian and a Home Rule League and Irish Parliamentary Party politician and as MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland represented Mayo from June 1874 to 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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