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Sir Leslie Ward

(1851-1922), 'Spy'; caricaturist and portrait painter; son of Edward Matthew Ward

Sitter 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.

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Frank Shuttleworth ('Men of the Day. No. 1158.

Frank Shuttleworth ('Men of the Day. No. 1158. "Charlie."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 February 1909
NPG D45472

John Reid Walker ('Men of the Day. No. 1171.

John Reid Walker ('Men of the Day. No. 1171. "John."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 May 1909
NPG D45485

Alfred James Curnick ('Men of the Day. No. 1178.

Alfred James Curnick ('Men of the Day. No. 1178. "Alfred."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 June 1909
NPG D45492

Frank Wootton ('Men of the Day. No. 1188.

Frank Wootton ('Men of the Day. No. 1188. "Frank Wootton."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 September 1909
NPG D45502

Raymond Blathwayt ('Men of the Day. No. 1190.

Raymond Blathwayt ('Men of the Day. No. 1190. "A Good Listener."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 September 1909
NPG D45506

Sir John Jackson ('Men of the Day. No. 1191.

Sir John Jackson ('Men of the Day. No. 1191. "Docks and Harbours."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 September 1909
NPG D45508

Douglas Vickers ('Men of the Day. No. 1207.

Douglas Vickers ('Men of the Day. No. 1207. "Brightside D. V."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 December 1909
NPG D45532

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, by Sir Leslie Ward, printed by  Gilbert Whitehead & Co Ltd - NPG D42728

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

by Sir Leslie Ward, printed by Gilbert Whitehead & Co Ltd
chromolithograph, published 1 February 1910
NPG D42728

Alfred William Cox ('Men of the Day. No. 1234.

Alfred William Cox ('Men of the Day. No. 1234. "Fairie."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 June 1910
NPG D45563

Marshall O. Roberts ('Men of the Day. No. 1267.

Marshall O. Roberts ('Men of the Day. No. 1267. "Easton Hall."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 February 1911
NPG D45597

Henry John Brown ('Men of the Day. No. 1284.

Henry John Brown ('Men of the Day. No. 1284. "Oil."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 June 1911
NPG D45614

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Vanity Fair Panel no. 4

by F. Goedecker, and James Jacques Joseph Tissot, and Carlo Pellegrini, and Adriano Cecioni, and Sir Leslie Ward, and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Charles Auguste Loye ('M.D' or Montbard)
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1869-1884
NPG D39294

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Vanity Fair Panel no. 6

by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, and Carlo Pellegrini, and Alfred Thompson (Atn), and Sir Leslie Ward, and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Adriano Cecioni
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1869-1886
NPG D39296

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Queen Victoria

by Sir Leslie Ward
drawing, June 1869
NPG D9967

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Vanity Fair Panel no. 1

by Sir Leslie Ward, and Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1873-1903
NPG D39291

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Vanity Fair Panel no. 2

by Sir Leslie Ward, and Carlo Pellegrini, and 'Hay', and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1881-1889
NPG D39292

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Vanity Fair Panel no. 3

by Sir Leslie Ward, and Carlo Pellegrini, and Liborio Prosperi ('Lib'), and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.'), and Sir John Paget Mellor, 1st Bt
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1881-1890
NPG D39293

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Vanity Fair Panel no. 5

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib'), and Carlo Pellegrini, and Sir Leslie Ward, and 'Hay', and Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1881-1889
NPG D39295

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Vanity Fair Panel no. 7

by Sir Leslie Ward, and Godfrey Douglas Giles, and Liborio Prosperi ('Lib'), and Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith (né Duff), 1st Bt ('Cloister', 'C.G.D'), and George Algernon Fothergill, and Cuthbert Bradley, and Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.'), and Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1883-1900
NPG D39297

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Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland

by Sir Leslie Ward
pencil, early 20th century
NPG D9880

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