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"The Whip" Vanity Fair caricature by Carlo Pellegrini c1872.

by Lyall, Charles

Vanity Fair lithograph, The Honourable George Grenfell Glyn caricature, c1872.

Original Vanity Fair lithograph "The Whip" from a watercolour caricature of The Honourable George Grenfell Glyn, Statesman No. 106 on Feb. 24, 1872. The accompanying text states "...he was entrusted with the important duties of the Whip, just in time to take them up in the first Householders' Parliament. It is his business to study the members of the House of Commons in their temper, in their weaknesses, and in all that lies below those, their mere words which alone reach the public out of doors. He it is who catches the out-going member, and who, deaf to the claims of private affairs, or even of dinner, coaxes or commands the truant back to vote."

Vanity Fair was a weekly magazine of social comment, published in London from 1868 to 1914. With eight to ten pages each issue, Vanity Fair magazine's popularity was guaranteed with the inclusion of an amusing caricature, lithographed from a watercolour, parodying any newsworthy personage. Over the years of publication it became a mark of honour to be the 'victim' of one of the magazine's caricaturists. The publisher accompanied each with a witty text, written under his nickname of 'Jehu Junior' (after the biblical prophet who effected the downfall of his enemies). He considered the caricatures made grim faces more grim, grotesque figures more grotesque, and dull people duller by the genius of ‘Ape’" (Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889). It was the first time lithography had been used for caricatures. They were printed by the eminent lithographer, Vincent Brooks (1814-1885).

Page size 355 x 230 (14 x 9 inches). In good condition.

Stock Number: apVF106Price: $80.00

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