Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: Our Eastern Policy (Portrait of Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1873. Original color lithograph, 14 x 9 inches. Good. Two half inch tears in bottom edge. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on July 12, 1873, depicting Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, GCB FRS KLS (5 April 1810 – 5 March 1895), a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology. 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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