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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Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen ('Statesmen No. 66.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 October 1870
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Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia ('Sovereigns, No. 8.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 January 1871
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George William Pierrepont Bentinck ('Statesmen, No. 90.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 August 1871
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Sir Henry Cole ('Men of the Day, No. 29.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 August 1871
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Don Manuel Rancés Y Villanueva (Men of the Day, No. 30.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 August 1871
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João Carlos de Saldanha, Duke of Saldanha ('Men of the Day, No. 31.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 September 1871
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Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland ('Statesmen, No. 93.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 September 1871
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George John Whyte-Melville ('Men of the Day, No. 32.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 September 1871
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Charles Darwin ('Men of the Day, No. 33.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 September 1871
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Sir Andrew Lusk, 1st Bt ('Statesmen 94.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 October 1871
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Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore ('Statesmen No. 95.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 October 1871
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Charles Voysey ('Men of the Day No.34.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 October 1871
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Sir John Pender ('Men of the Day, No. 35.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 October 1871
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Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly ('Judges, No. 5.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 November 1871
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Matthew Arnold ('Men of the Day, No. 36.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 November 1871
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Lionel Seymour William Dawson-Damer, 4th Earl of Portarlington ('Statesmen, No. 96.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 November 1871
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Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bt ('Statesmen No. 97.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 November 1871
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Alexander Dundas Ross Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington ('Statesmen No. 98.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 December 1871
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Anthony John Mundella ('Statesmen, No. 99.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 December 1871
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John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton ('Statesmen, No. 100.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 December 1871
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George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck ('Statesmen, No. 101.
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 December 1871
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Sir William Henry Gregory ('Statesmen No. 102.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 December 1871
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Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton ('Men of the Day, No. 46.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 June 1872
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George Leeman ('Statesmen, No. 117.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 13 July 1872
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James Delahunty ('Statesmen, No. 120.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 August 1872
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Charles Pelham Villiers ('Statesmen, No. 123.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 August 1872
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George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford ('Statesmen, No. 124.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 September 1872
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Joseph Cowen ('Statesmen, No. 128.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 October 1872
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Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden ('Statesmen, No. 129.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 November 1872
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Roger Eykyn ('Statesmen No. 130. "The Police Champion."')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 November 1872
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Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, 2nd Bt ('Statesmen, No. 131. "Barrister and Baronet."')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 December 1872
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(Thomas) Mayne Reid ('Men of the Day, No. 58')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 March 1873
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Lord Charles James Fox Russell ('Men of the Day, No. 61.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 April 1873
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John Hubert Washington Hibbert ('Men of the Day, No. 65.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 June 1873
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Thomas Grosvenor Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton ('Statesmen, No. 152.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 August 1873
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by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 October 1873
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Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington ('Statesmen, No. 157.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 October 1873
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King Edward VII ('The Prince')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 November 1873
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William Lennox Bathurst, 5th Earl Bathurst ('Statesmen, No. 159.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 November 1873
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Percy William Doyle ('Men of the Day, No. 75.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 December 1873
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