Author: Baron Melchiorre De Filippis Delfico (“Delfico”)
Title: A Man of Weight and High Standing (Portrait of Robert Wigram Crawford) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1873. Original color lithograph, 14 x 9 inches. Good. Minor creasing in top margin. Three half inch tears on right edge. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on January 11, 1873, depicting Robert Wigram Crawford (18 April 1813 – 30 July 1889), a British East India merchant, Governor of the Bank of England, and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874. 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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