Author: Jean Baptiste Guth (“GUTH”)
Title: Gustave Eiffel (Portrait of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1889. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10 inches. Very Good. Light wear along top edge. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on May 11, 1889, depicting Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923), a French civil engineer. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, designed by his company and built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, and his contribution to building the Statue of Liberty in New York. 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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