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.
Ben Tillett; John Ward ('Men of the Day. No. 1129. "Labour Men."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 July 1908
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Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce ('Men of the Day. No. 1153. "The Chaplain."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 January 1909
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 January 1909
NPG D45468
Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield ('Men of the Day. No. 1156. "A Dandy."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 January 1909
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Sir (James) Clifton Robinson ('Men of the Day. No. 1157. "Electric Traction."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 February 1909
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Frank Shuttleworth ('Men of the Day. No. 1158. "Charlie."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 February 1909
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Sir Horace Grece Regnart (né Horatio Grece) ('Men of the Day. No. 1159. "Sir Horace, J. P."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 February 1909
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Sir Colin Richard Keppel ('Men of the Day. No. 1161. "Commodore H.M.'s Yachts."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 March 1909
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Sir James Horlick, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 1162. "Malted Milk."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 March 1909
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Sir Carl Ferdinand Meyer, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 1163. "C. M."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 March 1909
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Sir Theodore Fry, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 1165. "Not a Small Fry."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 March 1909
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Sir Harry Deeley Mallaby-Deeley, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 1166. "The Prince of Prince's"')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 April 1909
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James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde ('Men of the Day. No. 1168. "Jim."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 April 1909
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Walter Bulkeley Barrington, 9th Viscount Barrington ('Men of the Day. No. 1169. "Lord Barrington."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 April 1909
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James Henry Cecil Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands ('Men of the Day. No. 1170. "Jim."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 May 1909
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John Reid Walker ('Men of the Day. No. 1171. "John."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 May 1909
NPG D45485
Edward George Hemmerde ('Men of the Day. No. 1172. "The New Recorder."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 May 1909
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 May 1909
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The Hon. Robert Garnett Tatlow ('Men of the Day. No. 1176. "Finance and Fruit."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 June 1909
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by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 June 1909
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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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