Vanity Fair Prints - Newspapermen - Spy prints, chromolithographs, caricatures of writers, publishers, newspaper owners

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We sell original Vanity Fair "Spy" 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 ~ NEWSPAPERMEN

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

Henri Rochefort

Henri Rochefort

Jan. 22, 1870

"La Voyoucratie"

$45

Mr. Algernon Borthwick

Mr. Algernon Borthwick

June 17, 1871

"The Morning Post"

$28

Mr. Edward Miall

Mr. Edward Miall

July 29, 1871

"The Nonconformist"

$28

Mr. William Henry Smith

Mr. William Henry Smith

March 9, 1872

"Newspapers"

$24

Mr. H. M. Stanley

Mr. H. M. Stanley

Nov. 2, 1872

"He found Livingstone"

$45

Baron Paul Julius Reuter (added March 11, 2008)

Baron Paul Julius Reuter

Dec. 14, 1872

"Telegrams"

$60

The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury

The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury

Jan. 25, 1873

"The Governing Classes"

$45

Mr. Edward Levy

Mr. Edward Levy

March 22, 1873

"The Daily Telegraph"

$30

Mr. James Johnstone

Mr. James Johnstone

Feb. 14, 1874

"The Standard"

$38

Mr. William Howard Russell

Mr. William Howard Russell

Jan. 16, 1875

"Our War correspondence"

$30

Mr. Tom Taylor

Mr. Tom Taylor

March 11, 1876

"Punch"

$36
(no text)

Mr. Archibald Forbes

Mr. Archibald Forbes

Jan. 5, 1878

"Thorough"

$45

The Earl Dunraven
and Mount-Earl, K.P.

May 4, 1878

"active"

$30

Mr. George Augustus Sala

Mr. George Augustus Sala

Sept. 25, 1875

"Journalism"

$30

Mr. Edmund Hodgson Yates

Mr. Edmund Hodgson Yates

Nov. 16, 1878

"The World"

$35

Mr. John Morley

Mr. John Morley

Nov. 30, 1878

"the Fortnightly Review"

$35

Mr. Thomas Chenery

Mr. Thomas Chenery

Oct. 4, 1879

"The Times"

$34

Mr. Frederick Greenwood

Mr. Frederick Greenwood

June 19, 1880

"He created 'The Pall Mall Gazette.' "

$36

Mr. Francis C. Burnand

Mr. Francis C. Burnand

Jan. 8, 1881

"Punch"

$45

Mr. John Walter

Sept. 10, 1881

"The Times"

$15

see condition notes on enlargement

James Gordon Bennett

James Gordon Bennett

Nov. 15, 1884

"New York Herald"

Mr. T. H. S. Escott

Mr. T. H. S. Escott

May 2, 1885

"the Fortnightly Review"

$32

Mr. Justin McCarthy

Mr. Justin McCarthy

May 23, 1885

"Irish History"

$50

Sir Edward Robert Sullivan

Sir Edward Robert Sullivan

June 13, 1885

"Common-sense
in politics"

Mr. Opfer, of Blowitz

Mr. Opfer, of Blowitz

Aug. 29, 1885

"The Times"

$40

Mr. John Passmore Edwards

Oct. 17, 1885

"The Echo"

$25

Mr. Thomas Power O'Connor

Feb. 25, 1888

"Tay Pay"

$40

Harry Marks

Harry Marks

June 8, 1889

"Financial News"

$48

Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles
(Founder of Vanity Fair)

July 13, 1889

"Tommy"

$50

(see condition notes)

Mr. John Corlett

Mr. John Corlett

Sept. 14, 1889

"The Pink 'Un"

$36

Monsieur de Blowitz

Monsieur de Blowitz

Dec. 7, 1889

" 'The Times' in Paris"

$45

Sir William Christopher Leng

Sir William Christopher Leng

March 7, 1890

"'The Sheffield Daily Telegraph"

$40

Mr. John Jaffray

Mr. John Jaffray

April 19, 1890

"'The Birmingham Daily Post"

$36

Mr. William Ernest Henley

Mr. William Ernest Henley

Nov. 26, 1892

"'The National Observer"

Mr. Walter Herries Pollock

Mr. Walter Herries Pollock

Dec. 31, 1892

"'The Saturday Review"

$34

Mr. Joseph William Comyns Carr

Mr. Joseph William
Comyns Carr

Feb. 11, 1893

"'An Art Critic"

$40

Mr. Henry John Cockayne Cockayne-Cust

Feb. 15, 1894

"The Pall Mall Gazette"

Mr. George Newnes

Mr. George Newnes

May 31, 1894

"East Cambridgeshire"

$36

Sir George Carlyon Hughes Armstrong

Sir George Carlyon
Hughes Armstrong

Nov. 8, 1894

"The Globe"

$44

Mr. Clement King Shorter

Mr. Clement King Shorter

Dec. 20, 1894

"Three Editors"

$32

Lord Frederic Spencer Hamilton

Lord Frederic Spencer Hamilton

Feb. 7, 1895

"The Pall Mall Gazette"

$32

The Honourable Algernon Henry Bourke

The Honourable Algernon Henry Bourke

Jan. 20, 1898

"Algy"

$40

Mr Edward Tyas Cook

Mr Edward Tyas Cook

Aug 24, 1899

"The Daily News"

$45

Mr. Whitelaw Reid

Mr. Whitelaw Reid

Sept. 25, 1902

"New York Tribune"

$45

Mr. Cyril Arthur Pearson

Mr. Cyril Arthur Pearson

Nov. 17, 1904

"Joe's Stage Manager"

$45

Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles

Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles
(Founder of "Vanity Fair")

Oct. 19, 1905 (Frontispiece)

"An Encyclopedia –..."

$85

Mr. E. P. Mathers

Mr. E. P. Mathers

Aug. 29, 1906

"South Africa"

$50

James Louis Garvin

Aug. 24, 1911

"? — !"

Mr. Lucien Wolf

Mr. Lucien Wolf

Dec 20, 1911

"Diplomaticus"

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