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Vanity Fair Cricket Print - A Demon Bowler



Men of the Day 183. Mr. Frederick Robert Spfforth by Spy. 'Born one and twenty years ago in Sydney, Mr. Spofforth is Austrailian by origin and breeding, yet like all the better kind of Austrailians, he is not distinguishable from an English gentleman ....' (A full biography is supplied with this print). Condition: Good, two tape marks at top where hinged to mount.
Title: 'A Demon Bowler'
Medium: Chromolithograph dated July 13th 1878.		Image Size: 370 x 210mm, 14.5 x 8.25 "
Order No. 7218	Price: £235.00	Paper Size: 385 x 250mm, 15 x 10 "
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Leslie Ward 'Spy' 1851-1922

Cartoonist, born November 21, 1851, in Harewood Square, London. As the son of artists Edward Matthew Ward and Henrietta Mary Ada Ward, Ward's artistic talent was fostered from an early age. After being educated at Eton, Ward who originally trained as an architect subsequently trained under Sidney Smirke and W.P. Frith. He joined the Royal Academy Schools in 1871, during which time Sir John Everett Millais, struck by Ward's caricatures, introduced him to Thomas Gibson Bowles, the editor of Vanity Fair. Bowles recruited Ward in 1873 to replace Carlo Pellegrini (Ape).

Ward contributed regularly to Vanity Fair over the next forty years under the pseudonym 'Spy'. He produced over 2,387 caricatures of well-known people including those in government, finance and education many of which were lithographed by Vincent Brooks. Ward authored a book of recollections in 1915, Forty Years of 'Spy'. He was knighted in 1918 and died on May 15, 1922 in London.

Other Works by Spy

A Demon Bowler - Vanity Fair Spy Cricket Print dated 1878.

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