Vanity Fair Panel no. 1
3 of 3 portraits of Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 4th Bt
Vanity Fair Panel no. 1
by Sir Leslie Ward, and Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1873-1903
13 1/2 in. x 55 in. (343 mm x 1397 mm) image size
Reference Collection
NPG D39291
Artistsback to top
- Carlo Pellegrini (1839-1889), 'Ape'; caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 490 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), 'Spy'; caricaturist and portrait painter; son of Edward Matthew Ward. Artist or producer associated with 1617 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Arnold Allan Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle (1858-1942), Lord-in-Waiting to the King, 1922-24. Sitter in 21 portraits.
- John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl (1840-1917), Landowner. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 4th Bt (1835-1910), Politician and army officer. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- John Palmer Brabazon (1843-1922), Soldier and courtier, Major-General of the Grenadier Guards. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore (1848-1925), Army officer. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Sir Henry Edward Colvile (1852-1907), Army officer and writer. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Edgar Vincent, Viscount d'Abernon (1857-1941), Financier and diplomatist. Sitter in 30 portraits.
- Sir Douglas Frederick Rawdon Dawson (1854-1933), Brigadier-General. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Vesey John Dawson (1853-1930), Brigadier-General. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (1865-1948), Politician, Secretary of State for War and British Ambassador to France, racehorse owner and soldier. Sitter in 45 portraits.
- Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth (1847-1918), Soldier. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, 6th Bt (1832-1907), Conservative politician and colonial governor. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil (1867-1918), Army officer and administrator. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Lord (Albert) Edward Wilfred Gleichen (1863-1937), Major-General. Sitter in 17 portraits.
- Daniel Godfrey (1831-1903), Army officer, bandmaster and composer; father of Dan Godfrey. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir William Alexander Gordon-Cumming, 4th Bt (1848-1930), Soldier. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Amelius Mark Richard Lockwood (né Wood), 1st Baron Lambourne (1847-1928), Politician and Lieutenant-Colonel. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- William Brownlow, 3rd Baron Lurgan (1858-1937), Chairman of the Carlton and Ritz Hotels. Sitter in 13 portraits.
- Harry Leslie Blundell McCalmont (1861-1902), Soldier, racehorse owner, yachtsman and Conservative politician; MP for Newmarket. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen (1845-1932), Field Marshal. Sitter in 12 portraits.
- George Colborne Nugent (1864-1915), Soldier. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Laurence James Oliphant, 9th of Condie (1846-1914), Soldier. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Sir Reginald Pole-Carew (1849-1924), Lieutenant-General. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries (1853-1917), Politician, colonial governor and army officer. Sitter in 17 portraits.
- William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst (1855-1921), Governor of Bombay; Lord-Chamberlain of the Household. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Sir Henry Trotter, 11th of Mortonhall and 2nd of Charterhall (1844-1905), Soldier, explorer and diplomat. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Frederick Arthur Wellesley (1844-1931), Soldier and diplomat. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington (1849-1934), Colonel. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- George Wyndham (1863-1913), Politician; Under-Secretary of State for War and author. Sitter associated with 25 portraits.
Events of 1873back to top
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