Carlo Pellegrini
(1839-1889), 'Ape'; caricaturistSitter in 5 portraits
Artist associated with 490 portraits
Carlo Pellegrini was born in Italy in 1838. His father came from an ancient land-owning family, while his mother was descended from the Medici. He moved to London in 1864, where he became a favourite member of bohemian and aristocratic circles. In 1869, Thomas Gibson Bowles employed Pellegrini to produce caricatures for his new society magazine, Vanity Fair. His caricature of Benjamin Disraeli was the first lithograph to appear in the magazine. It was so popular that it helped to establish the idea of the coloured caricature in British magazines. Signing his work 'Ape', Pellegrini continued working for the journal for the rest of his life.
Explore the portrait of Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke by Carlo Pellegrini (NPG 5106) from all angles
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 23 October 1869
NPG 4713
Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 3 April 1869
NPG 2569
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 27 March 1869
NPG 4715
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 March 1869
NPG 5153
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 February 1869
NPG 1978
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 3 July 1869
NPG 1994
James Plaisted Wilde, Baron Penzance
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 18 December 1869
NPG 2739
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 July 1869
NPG 1993
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 20 November 1869
NPG 5785
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
by Carlo Pellegrini
pencil and watercolour, 1869
NPG 6748
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 January 1869
NPG 6659
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 19 November 1870
NPG 4629
(William) Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, Baron Dalling and Bulwer
by Carlo Pellegrini
pencil, study in reverse pose for drawing published in Vanity Fair 27 August 1870
NPG 3969
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 3 September 1870
NPG 2723
Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 25 June 1870
NPG 4736
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 December 1870
NPG 2602
Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour
NPG 5074
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 4 March 1871
NPG 4635
Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 May 1871
NPG 2712
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 25 February 1871
NPG 3628
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by Carlo Pellegrini
pencil, watercolour and gouache, published in Vanity Fair 13 May 1871
NPG 2626
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 1 July 1871
NPG 2741
Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 9 May 1873
NPG 4717
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke
by Carlo Pellegrini
terracotta statuette, 1873
NPG 5106
Victor Emmanuel Taparelli, Marchesi d'Azeglio
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 20 June 1874
NPG 4714
Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 5 December 1874
NPG 3189
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 12 September 1874
NPG 3265
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 28 February 1874
NPG 2724
Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 7 March 1874
NPG 2725
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 14 February 1874
NPG 2726
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 4 April 1874
NPG 2625
by Carlo Pellegrini
pencil, watercolour and gouache, published in Vanity Fair 17 January 1874
NPG 2736
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 11 April 1874
NPG 2695
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 21 November 1874
NPG 2216
William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 12 December 1874
NPG 4750
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 26 December 1874
NPG 4634
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 10 January 1874
NPG 5790
Albert Grant, Baron Grant (né Abraham Gottheimer)
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 21 February 1874
NPG 5548
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 21 August 1875
NPG 2566
Friedrich Ferdinand, Count von Beust
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 28 August 1875
NPG 4707(4)
Sir William Augustus Fraser, 4th Bt
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 9 January 1875
NPG 2573
Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Bt
by Carlo Pellegrini
pencil, 1875
NPG 2909
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 17 November 1875
NPG 4072
Sir George Samuel Jenkinson, 11th Bt
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 April 1875
NPG 2579
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, 18 September 1875
NPG 4732
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 27 March 1875
NPG 3267
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 2 January 1875
NPG 2594
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 17 April 1875
NPG 2596
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 5 June 1875
NPG 2597
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 16 January 1875
NPG 3268
Count Pyotr Andreyevich Schouvaloff
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 13 February 1875
NPG 4707(29)
John Edward Cornwallis Rous, 2nd Earl of Stradbroke
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 31 July 1875
NPG 4744
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 9 October 1875
NPG 4751
Edward Montagu Stuart Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 14 August 1875
NPG 4699
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, pen and pencil
NPG 5412
John Thomas Freeman-Mitford, 1st Earl of Redesdale
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 27 February 1875
NPG 5311
attributed to Carlo Pellegrini
oil and possibly gouache, 1877
NPG 2933
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 1 December 1877
NPG 3269
Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, Earl Lyons
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 April 1878
NPG 1995
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 16 March 1878
NPG 2587
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