Vanity Fair "Spy" Prints, "Double" Prints

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vanity fair spy prints

We only sell original Vanity Fair prints (lithographs), never reproductions.

Double page plates are approximately 22 by 16 inches.

VANITY FAIR – "DOUBLE" PRINTS

Whenever possible, original descriptive text or a facsimile thereof will accompany. In some cases, the text may no longer be available. Please check for availability if this is an issue.
Please click on image below to see a larger image...please note that both of the fox hunting doubles below have serious damage (i.e. split on folds, tape residue, etc.)

Vanity Fair "Spy" Print Categories

Accountants

Ambassadors from England

Ambassadors to England

Americans

Architects and Engineers

Artists

Aviators

Automobilists

Bankers and Financiers

Billiards

Boxers

Businessmen and Empire Builders

Carriage Drivers

Chancellors of the Exchequer

Doctors and Scientists

Dog Judge

Doubles/Groups

Duelling

Explorers and Inventors

Proofs before lettering

Stock Exchange Officials

Trade Union Officials

Turf Devotees

Wagerers

Yachting

(click on image for enlargement and condition report)

THE LOBBY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1886

(Mr. Gladstone, Lord Randolph Churchill, J. Chamberlain, Lord Hartington, Mr. Parnell, John Bright, W.V. Harcourt, Mr. H. Labouchère, Mr. Bradlaugh, C.R. Spencer, Mr. Chaplin, Lord Arthur Hill, George Leveson-Gower, Mr. Gossett, Inspector Denning & others)

November 30, 1886

$225

The Winning Post
Judge Clark, Sir John Astley BART, J. Osborne, Tom Cannon, J. Watts, J. Webb, F. Barrett, G. Barrett, W. Robinson, P. Rickaby

Dec. 8, 1888

Special Double Page lithograph. Sheet size is approximately 22 inches wide by 16 inches high.
With folds, as originally circulated. Original text accompanies lithograph. Click image above for larger view.

IN VANITY FAIR

(Mr. Leslie Ward, James Weatherby, Sir R. Jardine, Louis Pasteur, Lord Hartington, Major Egerton, Edmund Tattersall, Senor Sarasate, John Simms Reeves, George Grossmith, HRH The Prince George of Wales, Duke of Orleans, Henry Irving, Arthur Cecil, John Hare, Duke of Connaught, Herbert Beerbohn Tree, Dr. Tanner, T. P. O'Connor, Augustus Harris, Rt. Hon. Mr. W. H. Smith, Justice Smith)

November 29, 1890

$250
(no folds, uncirculated)

ON THE TERRACE

A Political Spectacle—"The Ayes have it – the Noes have it"

(A.J. Balfour, J. Chamberlain, Sir John Gorst, Sir Richard Temple, Sir William Harcourt, Anthony John Mundella, Justin McCarthy)

November 30, 1893

Special Double Page lithograph.
Sheet size is approximately 22 inches wide by 16 inches high.
With folds, as issued for circulation.
Original text accompanies this antique lithograph.
Click image above for larger view.

$150

AT COWES
The R.Y.S.

(H.I.M. The German Emperor, The Earl of Dunraven, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Victor Montagu, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, The Marquis of Ormonde, The Earl of Lonsdale)

Dec. 6, 1894

Special Double Page lithograph.
Sheet size is approximately 22 inches wide by 16 inches high.
In uncirculated condition, with no folds.
Text is not available.
Click image above for larger view.

CYCLING IN HYDE PARK

The Marchioness of Londonderry, The Countess of Minto, Lady Willaim Nevell, Mrs. W.H. Grenfell, The Countess Cairns, Lady Norries (names in bottom row are cut off)

June 11, 1896

Special Double Page lithograph.
Sheet size is approximately 19.75 inches wide by 14.5 inches high.
with center fold, as issued
Text is not available for this antique lithograph.
Click image above for larger view and condition notes.

$150

ON THE HEATH
James Jewitt, Richard Marsh, Tom Jennings Senior, John Dawson, Matthew Dawson, John Porter James Ryan

Nov. 26, 1896

Special Double Page lithograph.
Sheet size is approximately 22 inches wide by 16 inches high.
No folds, in uncirculated condition!
Text is not available for this antique lithograph.
Click image above for larger view.

$150

AU BOIS DE BOULOGNE

Cleo de Merode, Princesse & Prince de Boglie, Comtesse Liane de Poug, La Belle Otero, Princess Ghika, Comtesse de Kersaint, Baronne de Fleury, Princesse de Sagain, Duchesse Doudeauville, Princesse Brancovan, Caran d'Ache, Colonel Gilbert, Duchesse & Duc de Rohan, Comtesse Martel (Gyp) Coquelin Cadeet, Duc de Lesparre

June 3, 1897

Special Double Page lithograph.
Sheet size is approximately 22 inches wide by 16 inches high.
No folds, in uncirculated condition!
Text is not available for this antique lithograph.
Click image above for larger view and condition notes.

$275

click image above for larger image and more information

EMPIRE MAKERS AND BREAKERS
A Scene at the South Africa Committee 1897

November 25, 1897

[Cecil Rhodes, The Squire of Malwood, Henry Du Pre Labouchere, Joseph Chamberlain, and Her Majesty's Attorney-General (name not given in text) ]

"A GENERAL GROUP"

(Lord Roberts, Sir Redvers Buller, Lord Kitchener, General Archibald Hunter, General French, General Pole-Carew, Sir George White, Lord Dundonald, General Baden-Powell, Colonel Plumer, Sir Frederick Carrington, General Hector MacDonald)

November 29, 1900

Special Double Page lithograph.
Sheet size is approximately 22 inches wide by 16 inches high.
No folds, in uncirculated condition!
Text is not available for this antique lithograph.
Click image above for larger view.

$250

KIRBY GATE
Mr. A. Pryor, Mr. J.D. Craddock, Lady Angela Forbes, Lady Hartopp, Mr. Cecil Chaplin, Mr. Henry Chaplin, The Countess of Warwick, General Brocklehurst, Mrs. Asquith, Lord Henry Bentinck, Mr. Tempest Wade, Mrs. W. Lawson, The Earl of Lonsdale, Mr. Foxhall Keene, Princess Henry of Pless, Mr. Launcelot Lowther, Tom Firr, Captain T. Boyce

Nov. 28, 1901

Special Double Page lithograph.
Sheet size is approximately 22 inches wide by 16 inches high.
No folds, in uncirculated condition!
Text is not available for this antique lithograph.
Click image above for larger view and condition notes.

$250

"KIRBY GATE"

(The Duke of Marlborough, Hugh Owen, H.T. Barclay, Mr. & Mrs. Molyneux, Arthur Conventry, Mrs. Burns-Hartropp, Lord Belper, E.H. Baldock, Captain Burns Hartropp, Lancelot Lowther, Walter Kyte, J.D. Craddock, Mrs. W. Lawson, Henry Chaplin, Lady Angela Forbes, The Countess Warwick, Earl of Lonsdale, General Brocklehurst, A. Pryor, Foxhall Keene, Mrs. Asquith, Princess Henry of Pless, Lord Henry Bentinck, Mrs. Lancelot Lowther, Tempest Wade, Tom Firr, Captain Boyce and others)

November 28, 1901

$75
(see enlargement for damage)

HEADS OF LAW

(The Lord Chief Justice, (Lord Alverstone) the Master of the Rolls, (Sir Richard Henn Collins) Lord Justice Sterling, Lord Justice Cozens-Hardy, Lord Justice Romer, Lord Justice Williams, Lord Justice Mathew, Mr. Justice Barnes, Mr. Justice Bigham, Mr. Justice Wright)

November 27, 1902

"A FOX HUNTING CONSTELLATION"

(Duke of Beaufort, (The Duke of Beaufort's), Ben Capell (Belvoir), G.W. Fitzwilliam (Mr. G.W. Fitzwilliam's), Sir Gilbert Greenall (Belvoir), The Earl of Yarborough (Brocklesby), Duke of Rutland (Belvoir), Earl of Lonsdale (Quorn), Henry Chaplin (Blankney) and others)

December 7, 1905

$50
(see enlargement for damage)

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