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.
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
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour
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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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Sir Salar JunJay Singh Rao, Raja of Kagalg
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 14 October 1876
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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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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 21 June 1879
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 25 January 1879
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 28 June 1879
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 15 November 1879
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Sir Robert Walter Carden, 1st Bt
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 11 December 1880
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 March 1880
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Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 14 February 1880
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Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 27 March 1880
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 7 February 1880
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 October 1880
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 November 1880
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Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 July 1881
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Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 31 December 1881
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Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 19 March 1881
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Valentine Augustus Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 26 February 1881
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Alexander Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven and 9th Earl of Melville
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 17 December 1881
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Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 October 1881
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Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 16 April 1881
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James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 5 March 1881
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 26 August 1882
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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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