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.
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 February 1906
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George Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam ('Men of the Day. No. 1004. "Billy."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity fair 1 March 1906
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William Boyd Carpenter ('Men of the Day. No. 1005. "A man Right Reverend and Well-Beloved."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 March 1906
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Albert Brassey ('Men of the Day. No. 1006. "The Master of the Heythrop."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 March 1906
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Sir Ronald Bertram Lane ('Men of the Day. No. 1007. "Rowdy."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 March 1906
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Sir John Eldon Bankes ('Men of the Day. No. 1008. "Good Form."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 March 1906
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Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth ('Men of the Day. No. 1009. "Good Works."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 April 1906.
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Sir Thomas Barlow, Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 1010. "Physician to His Majesty's Household."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 April 1906
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Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth ('Men of the Day. No. 1011. "A Bishop of Decision."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 April 1906.
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John Henry Taylor ('Men of the Day. No. 1012. "John Henry"')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 April 1906
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 May 1906
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Sir Hugh McCalmont ('Men of the Day. No. 1014. "Sir Hugh."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 May 1906
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 May 1906
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 May 1906
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Richard Knight Causton, 1st Baron Southwark ('Men of the Day. No. "A cheery Paymaster."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 June 1906
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 June 1906
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William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree ('Men of the Day. No. 1019. "A Lucky Owner."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 June 1906
NPG D45332
Sir Felix Otto Schuster, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 1020. "Free Trade and Finance."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 June 1906
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 July 1906
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Thomas Walter Hayward ('Men of the Day. No. 1022. "Tom."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 July 1906
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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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