Inventarnummer
202208.3
Titel
'Salatin'
Hersteller
Beschreibung
A Vanity Fair caricature of Sir Rudolf Carol von Slatin by 'Spy' dated June 15th 1899. He is depicted face on looking out of the paper with his hands in his pockets and feet slightly spread. He is wearing a suit, with a long over coat, attached to the bottom of his waistcoat is a small white donkey. Top left corner is a monochrome head and shoulders caricature of him in his PAsha's uniform. Top right is a monochrome caricature of him in turban and traditional robes. Bottom right is the signature of the artist 'Spy'. Top left above the print in the border 'VANITY FAIR' is printed, top right the date 'June 15th 1899'. Under the picture in the border 'Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd Litho' and "Slatin" are printed.
The caricatures first appeared in Vanity Fair in 1869, with over 2,300 being published. The main artists for these caricatures were Carlo Pellegrini and Sir Leslie Ward. The Vanity Fair caricatures have become widely know as "Spy" prints due to the 1325 caricatures drawn by Sir Leslie Ward, who was a fixture at Vanity Fair for over 40 years. Ward and editor Bowles picked the name "Spy" from the dictionary to become Ward's nom de crayon. Many also cite Ward's propensity for methodical study of his 'victims' for many hours before beginning preliminary sketches as the real reason the name "Spy" stuck.
Datum
1899-06-15 - 1899-06-15
Entstehungszeitraum
Late Victorian, 1876-1901
Format
- Height: 396 mm
- Width: 266 mm