Vanity Fair Cricket Print - Sammy



Men of the Day 544. Mr.Samuel Moses James Woods by Stuff. 'He is an example of Colonial greatness, for he was born of colonists at Glenfield, near Sydney, four-and-twenty years ago. But he soon thought of crossing the seas (or his parents did for him); for he first learned to play football and cricket at Brighton College (where he may have learned some other things) ....' (A full biography is supplied with this print). Condition: Good, two tape marks at top where hinged to mount.
Title: 'Cricket'
Medium: Chromolithograph dated August 6th 1892		Image Size: 370 x 210mm, 14.5 x 8.25 "
Order No. 7215	Price: £145.00	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.

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Sammy - Vanity Fair Cricket Print dated 1892 by 'Stuff' - Henry Charles Seppings Wright

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