Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: The Christian Martyr (Portrait of Arthur Tooth) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Light foxing in bottom margin. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on February 10, 1877, depicting Arthur Tooth SSC (17 June 1839 – 5 March 1931), a ritualist priest in the Church of England and a member of the Society of the Holy Cross. Tooth is best known for being prosecuted in 1876 under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874 for using proscribed liturgical practices. He was also briefly imprisoned as a result of the prosecution in 1877. 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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