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.
Alfred James Curnick ('Men of the Day. No. 1178. "Alfred."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 June 1909
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Baron George de Reuter (Men of the Day. No. 1179. "The Wicked Baron."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 July 1909
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Sir John Irving Courtenay ('Men of the Day. No. 1180. "A City Liberal."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 July 1909
NPG D45494
William Gardner Sinclair ('Men of the Day. No. 1181. "Beer, Budget & Brains."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 July 1909
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Alexander John Forbes-Leith ('Men of the Day. No. 1183. "Fyvie."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 August 1909
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(Thomas) Malcolm Kincaid-Smith ('Men of the Day. No. 1185. "National Military Training."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 August 1909
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James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy ('Men of the Day. No. 1186. "The Rt. Hon. James."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 August 1909
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Frank Wootton ('Men of the Day. No. 1188. "Frank Wootton."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 September 1909
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Raymond Blathwayt ('Men of the Day. No. 1190. "A Good Listener."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 September 1909
NPG D45506
Sir John Jackson ('Men of the Day. No. 1191. "Docks and Harbours."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 September 1909
NPG D45508
John William Dodson, 2nd Baron Monk Bretton ('Men of the Day. No. 1196. "The Private Secretary."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fairn 27 October 1909
NPG D45516
Harold John ('Jack') Tennant ('Men of the Day. No. 1204. "Dangerous Trades."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 December 1909
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(Frederick) Leverton Harris ('Men of the Day. No. 1206. "Leverton."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 December 1909
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Douglas Vickers ('Men of the Day. No. 1207. "Brightside D. V."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 December 1909
NPG D45532
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
by Sir Leslie Ward, printed by Gilbert Whitehead & Co Ltd
chromolithograph, published 1 February 1910
NPG D42728
Sir Evelyn John Ruggles-Brise ('Men of theDay. No. 1216. "Borstal System"')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 February 1910
NPG D45542
Sir Philip Watts ('Men of the Day. No. 1224. "Naval Construction."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 April 1910
NPG D45551
Dame Christabel Pankhurst ('A Woman of the Day. "Women's Suffrage."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 June 1910
NPG D45561
Alfred William Cox ('Men of the Day. No. 1234. "Fairie."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 June 1910
NPG D45563
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore ('Men of the Day. No. 1243. "An Irish Landowner."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 August 1910
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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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