Vanity Fair Panel no. 3
Vanity Fair Panel no. 3
by Sir Leslie Ward, and Carlo Pellegrini, and Liborio Prosperi ('Lib'), and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.'), and Sir John Paget Mellor, 1st Bt
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1881-1890
13 7/8 in. x 55 in. (352 mm x 1397 mm) image size
Reference Collection
NPG D39293
Artistsback to top
- Théobald Chartran ('T') (1849-1907), Painter and caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 86 portraits.
- Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') (1844-1925), Cartoonist and journalist. Artist or producer associated with 137 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Sir John Paget Mellor, 1st Bt (1862-1929), Lawyer, treasury solicitor and cartoonist for Punch and Vanity Fair. Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Carlo Pellegrini (1839-1889), 'Ape'; caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 490 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') (1854-1928), Cartoonist in Vanity Fair. Artist or producer associated with 65 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
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), Field Marshal, Governor General of Canada; son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 160 portraits.
- Henry Lorton Bourke (1840-1911), Socialite. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- George Granville Bradley (1821-1903), Dean of Westminster and schoolmaster. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- John Delacour (né John de Burgh) (1841-1910), Soldier and Member of Marlborough House Set. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Henry Peter Ewart, Bt (1838-1928), Soldier. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1st Bt (1836-1898), Politician, merchant and shipowner. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Sir Walter Gilbey, 1st Bt (1831-1914), Wine merchant and horse breeder. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Edmund Beckett (né Edmund Beckett Denison), 1st Baron Grimthorpe (1816-1905), Politician, barrister, ecclesiastical controversialist, architect and horologist. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Hugh Reginald Haweis (1838-1901), Church of England clergyman and writer on music. Sitter in 9 portraits.
- Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Bt (1825-1905), Merchant and politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Lord Mark Ralph George Kerr (1817-1900), Army officer. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh (1836-1919), Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888), Field Marshal. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (1811-1896), Landowner and Conservative politician; MP for Oxfordshire. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- James Monro (1838-1920), Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Lord Henry John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1832-1905), Landowner. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Stephen Moore, 3rd Earl Mountcashell (1792-1883), Landowner. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Ford North (1830-1913), Judge. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Charles Edward Pollock (1823-1897), Judge. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.
- Sir Richard Quain, Bt (1816-1898), Physician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828-1897), Merchant banker. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Sir Frederick Charles Arthur Stephenson (1821-1911), Soldier. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Charles Kearns Deane Tanner (1849-1901), Surgeon and politician; MP for Mid Cork. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Edward Thornton (1817-1906), Diplomat. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Hon. Harry Tyrwhitt-Wilson (1854-1891), Landowner. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- John Walter (1818-1894), Newspaper proprietor and politician. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Events of 1881back to top
Current affairs
Benjamin Disraeli dies of bronchitis. He refuses a state funeral and is buried next to his wife, Mary Ann Viscountess Beaconsfield.Gladstone's Irish Land Act is passed in a bid to stop violence carried out by the republican Land League, conducted in protest at the 1870 Land Act.
Henry Mayers Hyndman forms the Marxist Democratic Federation.
Art and science
The Natural History Museum is opened on Exhibition Road, South Kensington. The museum, a landmark gothic design by the architect Alfred Waterhouse, was built to house specimens from the natural sciences, previously in the British Museum's collection. Today, the museum comprises of over 70 million items, and is a world-renowned research centre.International
Alexander II is assassinated in a bomb attack by members of a left-wing revolutionary movement. He was succeeded by his son, Tsar Alexander III.US President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau.
The first Anglo-Boer war ends. The war is started by a Boer uprising, as the British had annexed the Transvaal in 1877. Following Britain's defeat at the Battle of Majuba Hill, a truce is signed giving the Boers self-government and later independence.
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