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
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon ('Statesmen, No. 31.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 September 1869
NPG D43396
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn ('Statesmen, No. 32.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 September 1869
NPG D43398
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff ('Statesmen, No. 33.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 October 1869
NPG D43399
Acton Smee Ayrton ('Statesmen, No. 34.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 October 1869
NPG D43402
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ('Statesmen, No. 35.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 13 November 1869
NPG D43405
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland ('Statesmen, No. 26.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 November 1869
NPG D43406
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Bt. ('Judges No. 1.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 December 1869
NPG D43409
James Plaisted Wilde, Baron Penzance ('Judges No. 2.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 December 1869
NPG D43410
Archibald Campbell Tait (Statesmen No. 38.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 December 1869
NPG D43411
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 January 1869
NPG D1033
Archibald Campbell Tait ('An earnest and liberal Primate')
by Carlo Pellegrini
coloured lithograph, published 25 December 1869
NPG D4405
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 July 1869
NPG D4521
Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 May 1869
NPG D4737
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 July 1869
NPG D4789
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 February 1869
NPG D5965
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 February 1869
NPG D8424
Thomas Carlyle ('Men of the Day no. 12.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 October 1870
NPG D32681
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, 1870s
NPG D39385
Sir William Bovill ('Judges No. 3.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 January 1870
NPG D43413
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne ('Statesmen No. 51.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 June 1870
NPG D43435
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley ('Statesmen No. 52.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 June 1870
NPG D43436
Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh ('Men of the Day No. 9.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 June 1870
NPG D43437
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer ('Statesmen No. 53.
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 July 1870
NPG D43438
George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland ('Statesmen No. 54.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 July 1870
NPG D43439
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster ('Statesmen No. 55.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 July 1870
NPG D43440
Hugo Francis, Lord Elcho ('Statesmen no. 56.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 July 1870
NPG D43441
Lord Henry Charles George Gordon-Lennox ('Statesmen No. 57.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 July 1870
NPG D43442
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax ('Statesmen No. 58.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 August 1870
NPG D43443
Charles Newdigate Newdegate ('Statesmen No. 59.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 13 August 1870
NPG D43444
Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn (Statesmen No. 60.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 August 1870
NPG D43445
(William) Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, Baron Dalling and Bulwer ('Statesmen No. 61.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 August 1870
NPG D43446
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton ('Statesmen No. 62.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 September 1870
NPG D43447
Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope ('Statesmen No. 63.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 September 1870
NPG D43448
Lord Robert Montagu ('Statesmen No. 64.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 October 1870
NPG D43451
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh ('Statesmen No. 65.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 October 1870
NPG D43452
Thomas Carlyle ('Men of the Day no. 12.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 October 1870
NPG D43454
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton ('Statesmen No. 67.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 October 1870
NPG D43455
John Cranch Walker Vivian ('Statesmen No. 68.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 November 1870
NPG D43456
John Jackson ('Statesmen No. 69.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 November 1870
NPG D43457
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll ('Men of the Day No. 13.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 November 1870
NPG D43458
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