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We sell original Vanity Fair prints (lithographs), not reproductions.
The normal size of a Vanity Fair print is approx. 10½ by 15½ inches, though this does vary somewhat by year, and the various publishers, over the life of Vanity Fair.

VANITY FAIR "Spy" PRINTS ~ LITERARY, AUTHORS, WRITERS, PLAYWRIGHTS, POETS, ETC.
Vanity Fair "Spy" Print Categories
Accountants
Ambassadors from England
Ambassadors to England
Americans
Architects and Engineers
Artists
Automobilists/Balloonists
Aviators
Bankers and Financiers
Billiards
Boxers
Businessmen and Empire Builders
Carriage Drivers
Chancellors of the Exchequer
Chess
Clergy
Cricketers
Criminals
Doctors and Scientists
Dog Judge
Doubles/Groups
Duelling
Explorers and Inventors
Fencing
Fishing
Fox Hunters
Freemasons
Game Hunters
Golfers
Gymnasts
Horse Trainers
Jockeys
Ladies
Legal
Golfers
Literary
Military
Miscellaneous
Music
Newspapermen
Orientals
Photographers
Policemen
Politicians
Polo
Prime Ministers
Proofs before lettering
Railway Officials
Red Robed Judges
Roller Skating
Rowing
Royalty
Rugby
Scotsmen
Shipping Officials
Sport Riders
Sports, Misc.
Stock Exchange Officials
Swimming
Teachers
Tennis
Theatre
Track
Trade Union Officials
Turf Devotees
Wagerers
Yachting

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

Oct. 22, 1870

"The Diogenes of the Modern Corinthians without his Tub."


Lord Lytton

Lord Lytton

Oct. 29, 1870

"The representative of Romance"

$50

Afred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson

July 22, 1871

"The Poet Laureate"

$75

Mr. George John Whyte-Melville

Mr. George John Whyte-Melville

Sept. 23, 1871

"The novelist of Society"

$25
(see condition notes, another litho available to the right)


Mr. George John Whyte-Melville

Mr. George John Whyte-Melville

Sept. 23, 1871

"The novelist of Society"

$40

Mr. Matthew Arnold

Mr. Matthew Arnold

Nov. 11, 1871

"I say, the critic must keep out of the
region of immediate practice"


$75

Mr. James Anthony Froude

Mr. James Anthony Froude

Jan. 27, 1872

"He created Henry VIII, exploded Mary Stuart, and demolished Elizabeth"

$40

Wilkie Collins Feb 3 1872

Mr. Wilkie Collins

Feb. 3, 1872

"The Novelist who invented Sensation."

John Ruskin Feb 17 1872

John Ruskin

Feb 17, 1872

"The realization of the Ideal."

$55

Mr. Alexander William Kinglake

Mr. Alexander William Kinglake

March 2, 1872

"Not an M.P."

$45



William Hepworth Dixon

Mr. William Hepworth Dixon

April 27, 1872

"He discovered New America and Free Russia"

$50

Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P.

Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P.

June 8, 1872

"Tom Brown"

$36

Mr. Mayne Reid

Mr. Mayne Reid

March 8, 1873

"Impossible Romance"

$30

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

March 29, 1873

"The Feminine Philosopher."


Mr. Anthony Trollope

Mr. Anthony Trollope

April 5, 1873

"a Novelist."



Mr. George Otto Trevelyan, M.P.

Mr. George Otto Trevelyan, M.P.

Aug. 2, 1873

"The Competition Wallah"

$42

Dr. John Doran, F.S.A.

Dr. John Doran, F.S.A.

Dec. 6, 1873

"Notes and Queries"

$42

Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B.

Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B.

Jan. 17, 1874

"Books"

$36

The Earl of Desart

The Earl of Desart

Jan. 31, 1874

"Chesterfield Letters"

$36

Philip-Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope

Philip-Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope

May 23, 1874

"a noble writer"

$36

Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne

Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne

Nov. 21, 1874

"Before Sunrise"

$35

Henry Irving

Henry Irving

Dec. 19, 1874

"The Bells"



Mr. Robert Browning

Mr. Robert Browning

Nov. 20, 1875

"Modern Poetry"

Mr. Abraham Hayward, Q.C.

Mr. Abraham Hayward, Q.C.

Nov. 27, 1875

"Anecdotes"

$42

Mr. Theodore Martin, C.B., LL.D.

Mr. Theodore Martin,
C.B., LL.D.


July 7, 1877

"the Royal literary assistant"

$20

Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle, BART.

Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle, BART.

Nov. 24, 1877

"Poetry"

$42

Mr. Francis Bret Harte

Mr. Francis Bret Harte

Jan. 4, 1879

"the Heathen Chinee"

Mr. Joseph Ernest Renan

Mr. Joseph Ernest Renan

Feb. 22, 1879

"La vie de Jésus"

$36

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

Sept. 20, 1879

"a French Poet"

$60

M. Alexandre Dumas Fils

M. Alexandre Dumas Fils

Dec. 27, 1879

"French Fiction"

$75

Emile Zola Jan 24 1880

Emile Zola

Jan. 24, 1880

"French Realism"

Mr James Russell Lowell, LL.D.

Mr James Russell Lowell, LL.D.

Aug 21, 1880

"Hosea Biglow"

$15
See condition notes

Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, BART., M.P.

Sir John George
Tollemache Sinclair,
BART., M.P.


Oct. 16, 1880

"a Poet"

$42

M. Edmond Francois Valentin About

M. Edmond Francois Valentin About

Nov. 20, 1880

"French fiction"

$32

Mr. Samuel Smiles, LL.D.

Mr. Samuel Smiles, LL.D.

Jan. 14, 1882

"Self Help"

$42

Mr. William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Mr. William Edward Hartpole Lecky

May 27, 1882

"the eighteenth century"

$30


Mr. William Hurrell Mallock

Mr. William Hurrell Mallock

Dec. 30, 1882

"Is life worth living?"

$42

The Earl of Albermarle

The Earl of Albermarle

July 14, 1883

"Waterloo"

$42

Mr. Wildrid Scawen Blunt

Mr. Wildrid Scawen Blunt

Jan. 31, 1885

"a prophet"

$35

Captain Richard Francis Burton

Captain Richard Francis Burton

Oct. 24, 1885

"The Arabian NIghts"



Mr. Henry Rider Haggard

Mr. Henry Rider Haggard

May 21, 1887

"She"

Mr. Francis Charles Philips

Mr. Francis Charles Philips

July 7, 1888

"As in a Looking Glass"

$35

The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery [Lord Sidney Herbert]

The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
[Lord Sidney Herbert]


July 14, 1888

"The Earl and the Doctor"

$40

Mr. R. Bontine-Cunninghame-Cunninghame-Graham

Mr. R. Bontine-Cunninghame-Cunninghame-Graham

Aug. 25, 1888

"Trafalgar Square"

$40

Mr. Arthur Wing Pinero

Mr. Arthur Wing Pinero

March 7, 1891

"Lady Bountiful"

$50

M. Victorien Sardou

M. Victorien Sardou

May 2, 1891

"Thermidor"

$55

Mr. Thomas Hardy

Mr. Thomas Hardy

June 4, 1892

"Tess"

$100


M. Alphonse Daudet

M. Alphonse Daudet

March 11, 1893

"He wrote 'Sapho' "

$38

Mr. Rudyard Kipling

Mr. Rudyard Kipling

June 7, 1894

"Soldiers Three"


Sir John Dugdale Astley, BART.

Sir John Dugdale Astley, BART.

July 26, 1894

"The Literary Mate"

$20

Dr. Richard Garnett, C.B.

Dr. Richard Garnett, C.B.

April 11, 1895

"Printed Books"

$42

Pierre Loti

Pierre Loti

June 6, 1895

"Pierre Loti"

$28

Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins

Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins

Dec. 26, 1895

"Anthony Hope"

$25

Mr. Henry Rider Haggard

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier

Jan 23, 1896

"Trilby"

$45

Mr. Alfred Austin

Mr. Alfred Austin

Feb. 20, 1896

"the Laureate"

$36

Mr. Henry Rider Haggard

Thomas Henry Hall Caine

July 2, 1896

"The Manxman"

$45

Mr. George Meredith

Mr. George Meredith

Sept. 24, 1896

"Our first novelist"

$60



Mr. George Moore

Mr. George Moore

Jan. 21, 1897

"Esther Waters"

$45

Mr. Max Pemberton

Mr. Max Pemberton

Feb. 4, 1897

"A Puritan's Wife"

Mr. Israel Zangwill

Mr. Israel Zangwill

Feb. 25, 1897

"A Child of the Ghetto"

$55

Mr. Samuel Rutherford Crockett

Mr. Samuel Rutherford Crockett

Aug. 5, 1897

"The Stickit Minister"

$50

Tolstoi (Tolstoy)

Count Lyof Nikolaivitch Tolstoi

Oct. 24, 1901

"War & Peace"

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

Dec. 12, 1901

"The Master Builder"

$85

Mr. Arthur Diosy

Mr. Arthur Diosy

Oct. 2, 1902

"the Japan Society"

$85



Mr. Andrew Carnegie

Mr. Andrew Carnegie

Oct. 29, 1903

"Free Libraries"

Finley Peter Dunne

Finley Peter Dunne

July 27, 1905

"Mr. Dooley"

$60


George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

[Dec. 28, 1905]

"Magnetic, he has the power to infect almost everyone with the delight that he takes in himself."


George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

[Dec. 28, 1905]

"Magnetic, he has the power to infect almost everyone with the delight that he takes in himself."


Mr. W. J. Galloway, M.P.

Mr. W. J. Galloway, M.P.

Jan. 11, 1906

"He is very affluent"

$40

Mr. Arthur Wing Pinero

Mr. Arthur Wing Pinero

Feb. 1, 1906

"Though is is an arguable point whether he be, as it was once reputed, the most intellectual, he remains, beyond dispute, the dressiest, of contemporary"

$60


Mr. Silas Kitto Hocking

Mr. Silas Kitto Hocking

Nov. 14, 1906

"Silas Hocking"

$52

A E W Mason June 10 1908

Samuel Langhorne Clemens
(Mark Twain)


May 13, 1908

"Below the Mark"

A E W Mason June 10 1908

A. E. W. Mason, MP

June 10, 1908

"Four Feathers"

$65

A E W Mason June 10 1908

Maurice Maeterlinck

July 22, 1908

"The Belgian Poet."

$65

Anatole France

Anatole France

Oct 11, 1909

"The Greatest Living Frenchman."

$55

Joseph Ernest Renan

Joseph Ernest Renan

Oct 5, 1910

"The Greatest of the Fathers."

$45

 Arnold Bennett April 2, 1913  "The Business Man of Letters."  $85

Elemir Bourges

Nov 18, 1910

"An Artist in Words."

$35

Arnold Bennett April 2 1913

Mr Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Feb 21, 1912

"G.K.C."

Mr Laurence Irving Dec 18 1912

Mr Laurence Irving

Dec 18, 1912

Mr Laurence Irving

$75

Arnold Bennett April 2 1913

Arnold Bennett

April 2, 1913

"The Business Man of Letters."

$85

Frank Harris

Frank Harris

Nov 12, 1913

"Unpath'd Waters."

$80