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.
George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 11 November 1876
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 December 1876
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Isaac Newton Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 1 July 1876
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Robert Jocelyn, 4th Earl of Roden
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 20 May 1876
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 21 April 1877
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 November 1877
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 16 June 1877
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 7 July 1877
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 June 1877
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 17 February 1877
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 26 May 1877
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, chalk, and pen and ink, 1877-1879
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James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 11 May 1878
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 23 March 1878
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Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 June 1878
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 9 February 1878
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 31 August 1878
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William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 28 December 1878
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by Sir Leslie Ward
gouache with watercolour, 1878
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, 1879
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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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