Harold Wright ('Stuff')
(1858-1908), Stipendiary magistrate for the Potteries and cartoonist in Vanity FairArtist associated with 33 portraits
In the 1890s Wright 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 'Stuff'.
Andrew Ernest Stoddart ('Men of the Day. No. 543.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 July 1892
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Samuel Moses James Woods ('Men of the Day. No. 544.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 August 1892
NPG D44606
George Denman ('Judges. No. 37.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 November 1892
NPG D44621
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce ('Statesmen. No. 609.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 February 1893
NPG D44635
Sir John Rigby ('Statesmen. No. 616.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 August 1893
NPG D44662
Edward Littleton, 3rd Viscount Hatherton ('Statesmen. No. 652.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 May 1895
NPG D44752
Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley ('Statesmen. No. 654.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 June 1895
NPG D44756
William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth ('Statesmen. No. 658.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 October 1895
NPG D44772
Hon. Augustus Legge ('Statesmen. No. 686.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 May 1897
NPG D44857
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 November 1897
NPG D44883
Ralph Sneyd ('Men of the Day. No. 707.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 March 1898
NPG D44898
James Stuart (Statesmen. No. 715.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 October 1899
NPG D44981
George Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham ('Men of the Day. No. 773.')
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 February 1900
NPG D44999
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David Frith
29 May 2018, 10:11
I believe that the lovely oil painting of A.E.Stoddart in MCC's collection at Lord's (currently hung in the Reading Room in the Pavilion) is by Harold Wright ("Stuff"). There has been no attribution for this work, but I recently examined this large painting, and bottom left are the initials HW.
David Frith (author of STODDY: ENGLAND'S FINEST SPORTSMAN)