FDA-E.1999-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1999-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
C.O. Goodford: 'Goody'
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (person)
Goodford, Charles Old, 1812 - 1884 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 400mm
width (actual size): 272mm
width (actual size): 272mm
Inscription
Lettered ''Goody'' and 'Vanity Fair Jan 22 1876'
Pencil inscriptions upper left and lower left corners '21/-'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'C. O. Goodford Duplicate Portfoio 13 / Section 2'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse in another hand 'b.1812 / d.1884', and beneath the accompanying Men of the Day passage [see references] which is taped to the reverse of the print: 'There was a well-known caricature of Dr. Goodford which appeared in Vanity Fair. Dr. G said that in one thing the extract was wrong - that he was not accustomed to carry his umbrella over his shoulder as he walked. A few days after he came home in high delight to tell his family that he had caught a glimpse of himself walking along the street in a shop-window, and the artist was right after all. 'Fasti Etonensis' / A.C. Benson'
Pencil inscriptions upper left and lower left corners '21/-'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'C. O. Goodford Duplicate Portfoio 13 / Section 2'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse in another hand 'b.1812 / d.1884', and beneath the accompanying Men of the Day passage [see references] which is taped to the reverse of the print: 'There was a well-known caricature of Dr. Goodford which appeared in Vanity Fair. Dr. G said that in one thing the extract was wrong - that he was not accustomed to carry his umbrella over his shoulder as he walked. A few days after he came home in high delight to tell his family that he had caught a glimpse of himself walking along the street in a shop-window, and the artist was right after all. 'Fasti Etonensis' / A.C. Benson'
Materials & techniques note
Coloured lithograph
Production
Person
Ward, Leslie, 1851 - 1922 (Artist)
Organisation
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lithographer)
Date
22/01/1876
History and association
References
• Vanity Fair:
