Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), 'Spy'; caricaturist and portrait painter; son of Edward Matthew Ward
Sitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 276 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.
Duncan McNeill, Baron Colonsay and Oronsay
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 13 September 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 7 June 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 December 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 August 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 1 November 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 31 May 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 May 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, 1873
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Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 12 July 1873
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Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Bt
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 2 August 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, study for drawing published in Vanity Fair 5 April 1873
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 20 December 1873
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Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 6th Bt
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 14 June 1873
On display in the Billiard Room at Bodelwyddan Castle
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 29 April 1876
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, study in reverse pose for drawing published in Vanity Fair 5 February 1876
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 5 February 1876
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Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 July 1876
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 January 1876
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 14 October 1876
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
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