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.
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 2 September 1882
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Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 May 1882
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 11 February 1882
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(William) Edward Hartpole Lecky
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, study in reverse pose for drawing published in Vanity Fair 27 May 1882
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 7 October 1882
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Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 18 March 1882
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Sir John Robert Mowbray, 1st Bt
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 8 April 1882
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Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 25 March 1882
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 14 October 1882
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 15 April 1882
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Alan Legge Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 21 January 1883
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Edward Nugent Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 November 1883
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Stephen Moore, 3rd Earl Mountcashell
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 8 September 1883
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 28 July 1883
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Sir (Charles Edward) Howard Vincent
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 December 1883
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 3 March 1883
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Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Bt
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 6 September 1884
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Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 4 July 1885
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 5 September 1885
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by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 20 January 1885
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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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