FDA-E.3208-2021
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3208-2021
Object type
Identification
Title
William Henry Smith MP ('Statesmen, No. 107. "Newspapers"')
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Coloured print after a drawn full-length caricature portrait showing a grinning man and seated on the edge of a table with one leg crossed over the other
Description
Content (person)
Smith, William Henry (1825-1891) (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (frame): 426mm
width (frame): 301mm
width (frame): 301mm
Inscription
Lettering on reverse: [Text from 'Vanity Fair' magazine regarding the sitter]
Material
ink
paper
paper
Materials & techniques note
coloured lithograph
Production
Person
Cecioni, Adriano, 1836 - 1886 (Artist)
Organisation
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lithographer)
Date
09/03/1872
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Andrew and Shauna Gailey; by whom given to Eton College in July 2021
References
• Vanity Fair: A Weekly Show, Political, Social & Literary Wares, Statesmen No 107
