Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
(1854-1928), Cartoonist in Vanity FairArtist associated with 65 portraits
In the 1880s and 1890s Liberio Prosperi was one 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. He signed his works 'Lib'.
The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
oil on canvas, published in Vanity Fair Christmas Supplement 1886
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William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 17 July 1886
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by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 May 1886
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by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 28 April 1888
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George Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 10 November 1888
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Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 February 1890
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by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 December 1890
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"Newmarket 1885" ('King Edward VII, Frederick Archer and 17 others)
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 November 1885
NPG D44255
Richard William Church ('Men of the Day. No. 350.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 January 1886
NPG D44264
Lionel Louis Cohen ('Statesmen. No. 488.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 April 1886
NPG D44276
Edmund Tattersall ('Men of the Day. No. 357.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 May 1886
NPG D44278
Charles Wood ('Men of the Day. No. 359.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 May 1886
NPG D44280
William George Craven ('Men of the Day. No. 363.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 July 1886
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William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran ('Statesmen. No. 493.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 July 1886
NPG D44288
George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings ('Statesmen. No. 494.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 July 1886
NPG D44289
Robert Peck ('Men of the Day. No. 366.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 September 1886
NPG D44295
Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling ('Statesmen. No. 505.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 November 1886
NPG D44304
"The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886"
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 November 1886
NPG D44308
Matthew Dawson ('Men of the Day. No. 369.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 December 1886
NPG D44309
John ('Jack') Watts ('Men of the Day. No. 380.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 June 1887
NPG D44338
(Colin) George Barrett ('Men of the Day. No. 386.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 September 1887
NPG D44348
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 December 1887
NPG D44362
John Howe Osborne ('Men of the Day. No. 391. "Johnny."')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 December 1887
NPG D44363
Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk ('Statesmen. No. 535.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 December 1887
NPG D44366
George William Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 4th Marquess of Ailesbury ('Statesmen. No. 540.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 April 1888
NPG D44380
John Francis Holcombe Read ('Men of the Day. No. 400.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 April 1888
NPG D44383
James Brand ('Men of the Day. No. 401.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 May 1888
NPG D44387
Nathaniel Mayer ('Natty') de Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild ('Statesmen. No. 544.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 June 1888
NPG D44389
Walter William Read ('Men of the Day. No. 406.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 July 1888
NPG D44396
Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke ('Statesmen. No. 551.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 September 1888
NPG D44403
George Alexander Baird ('Men of the Day. No. 412.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 October 1888
NPG D44406
George Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney ('Men of the Day. No. 413.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 November 1888
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"The Winning Post" (Thomas ('Tom') Cannon Sr, Thomas ('Tom') Cannon Sr and eight others
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 December 1888
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Lord Randolph Churchill ('Statesmen. No. 557')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 January 1889
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Sir William Cuthbert Quilter, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 560.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 February 1889
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Sir James Thompson Mackenzie, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. 420.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 March 1889
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Hon. George Higginson Allsopp ('Statesmen. No. 566.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 April 1889
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Frederick ("Fred") Barrett ('Men of the Day. No. 427')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 June 1889
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Frederick Edward ("Fred") Webb ('Men of the Day. No. 435.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 August 1889
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Major George Mark Leycester Egerton ('Major Egerton') ('Men of the Day. No. 437.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 August 1889
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John Corlett ('Men of the Day. No. 440.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 September 1889
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John Porter ('Men of the Day. No. 443.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 October 1889
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Charles Robert Barry ('Men of the Day. No. 453.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 December 1889
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Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') ('Men of the Day. No. 461.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 February 1890
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Lord Marcus de la Poer Beresford ('Men of the Day. No. 468.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 April 1890
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James Weatherby ('Men of the Day. No. 470.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 May 1890
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Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 472.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 June 1890
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Maurice de Hirsch (né Moritz von Hirsch), Baron de Hirsch ('Men of the Day. No. 479.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 July 1890
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Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 571.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 August 1890
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Sir James Percy Miller, 2nd Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 481.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 September 1890
NPG D44506
Marcus Henry Milner ('Men of the Day. No. 486.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 October 1890
NPG D44512
Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington ('Statesmen. No. 583.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 September 1891
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John Ball Jr ('Men of the Day. No. 534.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 March 1892
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Edward Lloyd ('Men of the Day. No. 541.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 June 1892
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Pietro Mascagni ('Men of the Day. No. 574.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 August 1893
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Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson ('Statesmen. No. 625.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 November 1893
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William Philip Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton ('Statesmen. No. 635.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 May 1894
NPG D44697
Thomas Henry Ismay ('Men of the Day. No. 603.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 November 1894
NPG D44725
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy ('Sovereigns. No. 26.')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 June 1902
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Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy-Aosta, 2nd Duke of Aosta ('Princes. No. 28. "The Duke of Aosta"')
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 November 1903
NPG D45196
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