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LOT 5413:
Max Beerbohm by Sic 1897
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Max Beerbohm by Sic 1897
This chromolithograph is from Vanity Fair dated 1897 drawn by Sic, Walter Richard Sickert, .
Vanity Fair was subtitled A Weekly Show of Political, Social and Literary Wares and was founded by Thomas Gibson Bowles, who aimed to expose the contemporary vanities of Victorian society. The first issue appeared in London on 7 November 1868 and Bowles wrote much of the magazine himself under various pseudonyms, such as Jehu Junior, but contributors included Lewis Carroll and P. G. Wodehouse.
A full-page colour chromolithograph of a celebrity or dignitary appeared in most issues, and it is for these caricatures that Vanity Fair is best known today. Subjects included artists, athletes, royalty, statesmen, scientists, authors, actors, soldiers, religious personalities, business people and scholars. They were produced by an international group of artists, including Max Beerbohm, Sir Leslie Ward (who signed his work Spy and Drawl), the Italians Carlo Pellegrini (Singe and Ape), Melchiorre Delfico (Delfico) and Liborio Prosperi (Lib), the artist James Jacques Tissot (Coide), and the American Thomas Nast.
Condition: The print is in excellent condition but please inspect the image carefully as it is very accurate.
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