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Home | Figurative | Vanity Fair | Sport Leslie Ward 'Spy' 1851-1922Cartoonist, 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. Ranji - Vanity Fair Spy Cricket Print dated 1897.The Home of Antiques - Prints for Sale Online Site Map | Print Making Techniques | FAQ's | Delivery | Terms | Links | Front | Valuations | | Privacy | Antique Lithographs | Antique Aquatints | Antique Engravings | Antique Etchings | Mezzotint Prints | Stipple Prints | Antique Animal Prints | Antique Architectural Prints | Antique Horse Prints | 18th Century Prints | Spy Prints and Vanity Fair Prints | Antique Nautical Marine Prints | Antique Golf Prints | Antique Landscape - Topographical Prints | Antique Military Prints | Vanity Fair Artists | Antique Flower Prints | Artists Biographies | Picture Framing |
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