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.
Lord Randolph Churchill ('Statesmen. No. 331.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 July 1880
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Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury ('Statesmen. No. 332.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 July 1880
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Sir John Eldon Gorst ('Statesmen. No. 333.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 July 1880
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Montague John Guest ('Statesmen. No. 334.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 August 1880
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Henry Richard ('Statesmen. No. 337.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 September 1880
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George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea ('Statesmen. No. 341.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 October 1880
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Daniel O'Donoghue ('Statesmen. No. 344.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 October 1880
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Percy Scawen Wyndham ('Statesmen. No. 345.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 October 1880
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Sir Henry Bessemer ('Men of the Day. No. 231.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 November 1880
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Newton Wallop, 6th Earl of Portsmouth ('Statesmen. No. 436.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 13 November 1880
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John Bastard ('Men of the Day. No. 233.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 November 1880
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 December 1880
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Sir Robert Walter Carden, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 348.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 December 1880
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Sir (William James) Erasmus Wilson ('Men of the Day. No. 234.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 December 1880
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George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea
by Sir Leslie Ward, printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son
chromolithograph, published 2 October 1880
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Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland
by Sir Leslie Ward
pencil, 1880s-1890s
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George Henry Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham ('Statesmen. No. 349.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 January 1881
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Sir Richard Temple, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 350.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 January 1881
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Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 237.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 January 1881
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Charles Cunningham Boycott (né Boycatt) ('Men of the Day. No. 238.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 January 1881
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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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