General
General
Object Auto ID
74560
Common Name
Lithograph
Classified Name
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Elderly man with grey-white hair and a handle-bar moustached, looking straight at the viewer. He holds a glass tube for scientific experiments in his left hand, and his right hand is in his trouer pocket. (Part of an album, see 4462)10 cartoons and caricatures of South African personalities from Vanity Fair; Sir William Crookes"ubi Crookes ibi lux"
Provenance
Mendelssohn Bequest 1922
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Sir William Crookes science vacuum glass tube
Inscriptions
Signed Spy on the original. B.c title, t.l. "Vanity Fair", t.r. date published. Crookes, Sir William handwritten in pencil b.r.
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Dimension Comments
Bound in an album; Paper size 382 x 250 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
21-May-03
Maker Comment
WARD, Sir Leslie (pseudonym Spy), 1851-1922
User Comment
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd - lithographers
Collector Comment
Coloured lithograph
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