Sir Leslie Ward
(1851-1922), 'Spy'; caricaturist and portrait painter; son of Edward Matthew WardSitter in 9 portraits
Artist associated with 1617 portraits
Leslie Ward was the best known of an international group of artists who worked for Vanity Fair magazine. They produced caricatures of many of the leading characters of the day, including artists, athletes, royalty, statesmen, scientists, authors, actors, soldiers and scholars. Ward worked under the pseudonym 'Spy'. The son of the painters Edward Mathew and Henrietta Ward, Ward studied at the Royal Academy Schools and began drawing for Vanity Fair in 1873. He worked there for more than forty years, producing more than half of the 2,387 caricatures published.
Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford ('Statesmen. No. 48.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 April 1877
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Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev ('Statesmen. No. 249.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 April 1877
NPG D43792
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany ('Princes. No. 5.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 April 1877
NPG D43793
Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara ('Statesmen. No. 250.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 April 1877
NPG D43794
Jacob Bright ('Statesmen. No. 251.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 May 1877
NPG D43795
William Bromley Davenport ('Statesmen. No. 252.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 May 1877
NPG D43796
Richard Wagner ('Men of the Day. No. 149.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 May 1877
NPG D43797
Lord Henry Frederick Thynne ('Statesmen. No. 253.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 May 1877
NPG D43798
Thomas Bayley Potter ('Statesmen. No. 254.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 June 1877
NPG D43799
W.G. Grace ('Men of the day. No. 150.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 June 1877
NPG D43800
Kuo Sung-tao ('Statesmen. No. 255.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 June 1877
NPG D43801
Midhat Pasha ('Statesmen. No. 256.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 June 1877
NPG D43803
Sir Theodore Martin ('Men of the Day. No. 152.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 July 1877
NPG D43804
Napoléon, Prince Imperial ('Princes. No. 6.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 July 1877
NPG D43805
Joseph Gillis Biggar ('Statesmen. No. 257.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 July 1877
NPG D43806
Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill ('Men of the Day. No. 153.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 July 1877
NPG D43807
Harry George Powlett (né Vane), 4th Duke of Cleveland ('Statesmen. No. 258.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 August 1877
NPG D43808
Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower ('Men of the Day. No. 155.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 August 1877
NPG D43810
Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth ('Statesmen. No. 259.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 September 1877
NPG D43812
Gustave Doré ('Men of the Day. No. 158.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 September 1877
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Related People
- Sylvia Leslie (daughter)
- Beatrice Ward (sister)
- Edward Matthew Ward (father)
- Henrietta Mary Ada Ward (mother)
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