Vanity Fair Spy Prints of famous Artists

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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.

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VANITY FAIR "SPY" PRINTS ~ ARTISTS

Vanity Fair "Spy" Print Categories

Ambassadors from England

Ambassadors to England

Architects and Engineers

Automobilists/Balloonists

Bankers and Financiers

Businessmen and Empire Builders

Carriage Drivers

Chancellors of the Exchequer

Doctors and Scientists

Explorers and Inventors

Prime Ministers

Proofs before lettering

Railway Officials

Red Robed Judges

Shipping Officials

Stock Exchange Officials

Trade Union Officials

Sir Francis Grant

April 29, 1871

"An able artist and an excellent President"

$30

Mr. John Everett Millais, R.A.

May 13, 1871

"A converted pre-Raphaelite"

$35

Mr. Henry Cole, C.B.

Aug. 19, 1871

"King Cole"

$35

Mr. William Henry Gregory, M.P.

Mr. William Henry Gregory, M.P.

Dec. 30, 1871

"An Art critic"

$30

Mr. Frederick Leighton, A.R.A.

June 29, 1872

"a sacrifice to the Graces."

Mr. William Powell Frith, R.A.

Mr. William Powell Frith, R.A.

May 10, 1873

"the Derby-Day"

$40

Mr. Edward Matthew Ward, R.A.

Mr. Edward Matthew Ward, R.A.

Dec. 30, 1873

"Historic Art"
[father of Leslie M. Ward, AKA "Spy"]

$40

Mr. Valentine C. Prinsep

Mr. Valentine C. Prinsep

Jan. 13, 1877

"Val"

$55

Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland Levson-Gower

Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland
Levson-Gower

Aug. 18, 1877

"a sculptor"

$50

M. Paul Gustave Doré

M. Paul Gustave Doré

Sept. 15, 1877

"sensational art"

$50

Mr. James Abbott M'Neill Whistler

Mr. James Abbott M'Neill Whistler

Jan. 12, 1878

"a symphony"

$225

Mr. John Tenniel

Mr. John Tenniel

Oct. 26, 1878

"Punch"

$45

Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe Owen, K.C.M.G., C.B.

Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe Owen, K.C.M.G., C.B.

Nov. 23, 1878

"Paris Exhibition"

$40

Mr. Laurence Alma Tadema

Mr. Laurence Alma Tadema

March 22, 1879

"Ancient Painting"

$55

Mr. William Holman Hunt

Mr. William Holman Hunt

July 19, 1879

"the Pre-Raphaelite of the World"

$40

M. Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

M. Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

May 1, 1880

"a great French painter"

$50

Mr. Joseph Edgar Boehm, A.R.A.

Mr. Joseph Edgar Boehm, A.R.A.

Jan. 22, 1881

"the Queen's sculptor"

$65

Sir Coutts Lindsay, of Balcarres, Bart.

Sir Coutts Lindsay,
of Balcarres, Bart.

Feb. 3, 1883

"The Grosvenor Gallery"

Mr. Charles Bennet Lawes

Mr. Charles Bennet Lawes

May 12, 1883

"Athlete and Sculptor"

$50

Mr. Hubert Herkomer, A.R.A.

Mr. Hubert Herkomer, A.R.A.

Jan. 26, 1884

"Painter, Sculptor, Blacksmith &c"

$50

Mr. Carl Haag

Mr. Carl Haag

April 26, 1884

"the glorious East"

$50

Vice-Admiral H.S.H. Count Gleichen

Vice-Admiral H.S.H. Count Gleichen

July 5, 1884

"the Queen's nephew"

$36

Carlo Pellegrini (

Carlo Pellegrini

April 27, 1889

"Ape"

$100

Leslie Ward (Spy)

Mr. Leslie Ward

Nov. 23, 1889

"Spy"

Mr. Archibald John Stuart-Wortley

Mr. Archibald John Stuart-Wortley

Jan. 18, 1890

"Sports & Arts"

$35

Mr. George Frederick Watts, R.A., D.C.L., LL.D.

Mr. George Frederick Watts, R.A., D.C.L., LL.D.

Dec. 28, 1891

"He paints portraits
& ideas"

$50

Mr. William Hamo Thornycroft, R.A.

Mr. William Hamo Thornycroft, R.A.

Feb. 20, 1892

"Bronze statuary"

$125

Mr. Luke Fildes, R.A.

Mr. Luke Fildes, R.A.

Dec. 24, 1892

"He painted 'the Doctor'"

$50

Mr. William Luson Thomas, R.I.

Mr. William Luson Thomas, R.I.

Dec. 13, 1894

"The Graphics"

$40

Mr. Phil May

Mr. Phil May

Feb. 21, 1895

"Phil"

$50

Mr. Ambrose Poynter, The President of the Royal Academy

March 4, 1897

"P.R.A."

$35

Mr. Max Beerbohm

Mr. Max Beerbohm

Dec. 9, 1897

"Max"

Mr. William Quiler Orchardson, R.A.

March 24, 1898

"Artist and R.A."

$35

Mr. Edwin Austin Abbey, RA

Mr. Edwin Austin Abbey, RA

Dec 29, 1898

"Fairford Abbey"

$50

Mr. John Seymour Lucas

Mr. John Seymour Lucas

Dec 14, 1899

"A Connoisseur"

$40

M. Auguste Rodin

M. Auguste Rodin

Dec. 29, 1904

"he thinks in marble"

Thomas Brock, R.A.

Sept. 21, 1905

"The Queen's Memorial"

$55

Mr John Singer Sargent, R.A.

Feb 24, 1909

"A Great Realist"

$120

Sir John Edward Arthur Murray Scott

April 14, 1909

"The Wallace Collection"

$35

Mr. John Lavery, RSA, RHA, ARA, HROI

May 7, 1913

"He paints various Royalties."

$45

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