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Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')

(1854-1928), Cartoonist in Vanity Fair

Artist associated with 65 portraits
In the 1880s and 1890s Liberio Prosperi 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. He signed his works 'Lib'.

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John Corlett ('Men of the Day. No. 440.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44455

John Corlett ('Men of the Day. No. 440.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 September 1889
NPG D44455

John Porter ('Men of the Day. No. 443.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44459

John Porter ('Men of the Day. No. 443.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 October 1889
NPG D44459

Charles Robert Barry ('Men of the Day. No. 453.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44469

Charles Robert Barry ('Men of the Day. No. 453.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 December 1889
NPG D44469

Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') ('Men of the Day. No. 461.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44478

Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') ('Men of the Day. No. 461.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 February 1890
NPG D44478

Lord Marcus de la Poer Beresford ('Men of the Day. No. 468.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44487

Lord Marcus de la Poer Beresford ('Men of the Day. No. 468.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 April 1890
NPG D44487

James Weatherby ('Men of the Day. No. 470.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44490

James Weatherby ('Men of the Day. No. 470.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 May 1890
NPG D44490

Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 472.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44493

Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 472.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 June 1890
NPG D44493

Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 571.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44503

Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 571.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 August 1890
NPG D44503

Sir James Percy Miller, 2nd Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 481.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44506

Sir James Percy Miller, 2nd Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 481.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 September 1890
NPG D44506

Marcus Henry Milner ('Men of the Day. No. 486.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44512

Marcus Henry Milner ('Men of the Day. No. 486.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 October 1890
NPG D44512

Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington ('Statesmen. No. 583.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44560

Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington ('Statesmen. No. 583.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 September 1891
NPG D44560

John Ball Jr ('Men of the Day. No. 534.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44584

John Ball Jr ('Men of the Day. No. 534.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 March 1892
NPG D44584

Edward Lloyd ('Men of the Day. No. 541.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44600

Edward Lloyd ('Men of the Day. No. 541.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 June 1892
NPG D44600

Pietro Mascagni ('Men of the Day. No. 574.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44661

Pietro Mascagni ('Men of the Day. No. 574.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 August 1893
NPG D44661

Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson ('Statesmen. No. 625.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44672

Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson ('Statesmen. No. 625.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 November 1893
NPG D44672

William Philip Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton ('Statesmen. No. 635.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44697

William Philip Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton ('Statesmen. No. 635.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 May 1894
NPG D44697

Thomas Henry Ismay ('Men of the Day. No. 603.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D44725

Thomas Henry Ismay ('Men of the Day. No. 603.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 November 1894
NPG D44725

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy ('Sovereigns. No. 26.'), by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') - NPG D45124

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy ('Sovereigns. No. 26.')

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 June 1902
NPG D45124

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