James Jacques Joseph Tissot
(1836-1902), French painter and printmakerArtist associated with 70 portraits
In the 1860s and 1870s James Tissot 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.
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 October 1869
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Alexander II, Emperor of Russia
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 16 October 1869
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by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 28 October 1871
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by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
watercolour, pencil and bodycolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 April 1876
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by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
oil on canvas, 1877
On display in Room 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Napoléon III, Emperor of France ('Sovereigns, No. 1. "Le regime parlementaire."')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 September 1869
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Queen Isabella II of Spain ('Sovereigns, No. 2.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 September 1869
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Leopold II, King of the Belgians ('Sovereigns, No. 3. "Un roi constitutionnel."')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 October 1869
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Alexander II, Emperor of Russia ('Sovereigns, No. 4.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 October 1869
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Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey ('Sovereigns. No. 5.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 October 1869
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Frederick Temple ('Men of the Day, No. 1.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 November 1869
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Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland ('Statesmen No. 37.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 December 1869
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Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti) ('Sovereigns No. 6.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 January 1870
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(Olivier) Émile Ollivier ('Men of the Day No. 3')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 January 1870
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Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay ('Men of the Day No. 4.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 January 1870
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Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy ('Sovereigns No. 7.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 January 1870
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Louis Jules Trochu ('Men of the Day No. 10. "The hope of France."')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 September 1870
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Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia ('Men of the Day No. 11.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 September 1870
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