Author: Arthur H Marks ('AJM')
Title: Ape (Portrait of Carlo Pellegrini) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1889. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10 inches. Very Good+. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on April 27, 1889, depicting Carlo Pellegrini (25 March 1839 – 22 January 1889), who did much of his work under the pseudonym of Ape, was an Italian-British artist who served from 1869 to 1889 as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine, a leading journal of London society. His work for the magazine made his reputation and he became its most influential artist. 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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