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rif. 18-3288London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair 6 May 1871.Thomas Erskine May 1st Baron Farnborough KCB PC 8 February 1815 – 17 May 1886 was a British constitutional theorist. This derived from his career at the House of Commons. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
rif. 18-3289London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair 3 June 1871.Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw KCB 17 January 1830 – 25 August 1908 was the first Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade now renamed the London Fire Brigade and the Superintendent of its predecessor the London Fire Engine Establishment from 1861 to 1891. He introduced modern firefighting methods to the Brigade and increased the number of stations. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
rif. 18-3261London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Published in Vanity Fair 15 July 1871.Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Earl of Lathom GCB PC 12 December 1837 – 19 November 1898 known as The Lord Skelmersdale between 1853 and 1880 was a British Conservative politician. He was a member of every Conservative administration between 1866 and 1898 and notably served three times as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under Lord Salisbury. Having succeeded his grandfather as Baron Skelmersdale in 1853 he was created Earl of Lathom in 1880. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
rif. 18-3259London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair 24 June 1871.William Thomson FRS FRGS 11 February 1819 – 25 December 1890 was an English church leader Archbishop of York from 1862 until his death. He was born the eldest son of John Thomson of Kelswick House near Whitehaven Cumberland and educated at Shrewsbury School and at The Queen's College Oxford of which he became a scholar. He took his B.A. degree in 1840 and was soon afterwards made fellow of his college. He was ordained in 1842 and worked as a curate at Cuddesdon. In 1847 he was made tutor of his college and in 1853 he delivered the Bampton lectures his subject being The Atoning Work of Christ viewed in Relation to some Ancient Theories. These thoughtful and learned lectures established his reputation and did much to clear the ground for subsequent discussions on the subject. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
rif. 18-1326London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning and foxing in margins not affecting image. Dated 18 Dec 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett 1838 – 22 June 1903 was a Royal Artillery officer and Conservative politician who represented Rochester in the British House of Commons. He was damaged politically by a personal scandal. Hughes-Hallet was the son of Charles Madras Hughes-Hallett and his wife Emma Mary Roberts. He became a colonel in the Royal Artillery. In 1885 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Rochester and reelected in 1886. However a personal scandal led to his being hounded by the press and shunned by his parliamentary colleagues and he stood down from Parliament in 1889. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
rif. 18-1312London: Vanity Fair 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning and foxing in margins not affecting image. Dated 8 Sep 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.James Payn /peɪn/; 28 February 1830 – 25 March 1898 was an English novelist. Among the periodicals he edited were Chambers's Journal in Edinburgh and the Cornhill Magazine in London. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
rif. 18-1297London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 3 Apr 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Dwight Lyman Moody February 5 1837 – December 22 1899 also known as D. L. Moody was an American evangelist and publisher connected with the Holiness Movement who founded the Moody Church Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts now Northfield Mount Hermon School Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
rif. 18-1329London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Minor edge wear and quarter inch tear in left margin not affecting image. Dated 23 Jan 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Frederic Harrison 18 October 1831 – 14 January 1923 was a British jurist and historian. Born at 17 Euston Square London he was the son of Frederick Harrison 1799-1881 a stockbroker and his wife Jane daughter of Alexander Brice a Belfast granite merchant. He was baptised at St. Pancras Church Euston and spent his early childhood at the northern London suburb of Muswell Hill to which the family moved soon after his birth. His father later acquired a lease on the grand Tudor manor house Sutton Place near Guildford Surrey in 1874 which descended to his elder son Sidney and about which Frederic jnr. wrote the definitive history Annals of an Old Manor House: Sutton Place Guildford first published in 1893. His paternal grandfather was a Leicestershire builder. In 1840 the family moved again to 22 Oxford Square Hyde Park London a house designed by Harrison's father. Along with his siblings Sidney and Lawrence Harrison received his initial education at home before attending a day school in St John's Wood. In 1843 he entered King's College School graduating as second in the school in 1849. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
rif. 18-1314London: Vanity Fair 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing in margins not affecting image. Quarter-inch tear in right edge. Dated 22 Sep 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Hugh Reginald Haweis 3 April 1838 – 29 January 1901 was an English cleric and writer. He was the husband of author Mary Eliza Haweis and the father of painter Stephen Haweis. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
rif. 18-1331London: Vanity Fair 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Some toning and foxing in margins and wear on edges not affecting image. Dated 14 Jul 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.George Robert Charles Herbert 13th Earl of Pembroke 10th Earl of Montgomery 6 July 1850–3 May 1895 known as The Lord Herbert of Lea from 1861 to 1862 was a British Conservative politician. He was Under-Secretary of State for War under Benjamin Disraeli between 1874 and 1875. Pembroke was the eldest son of Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Lea only son of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl of Pembroke by his second wife Catherine née Countess Woronzow. His mother was Elizabeth Herbert Baroness Herbert of Lea daughter of Lieutenant-General Charles Ashe A'Court. He succeeded his father in the barony of Herbert of Lea in 1861 and the following year he inherited the earldom of Pembroke on the death of his uncle. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
rif. 18-1348London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Staining and wrinkles on top and bottom corners. Dated 28 Nov 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC JP DL 16 January 1831 – 26 March 1900 known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882 was a British peer and politician. Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC JP DL 16 January 1831 – 26 March 1900 known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882 was a British peer and politician. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1323London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor wear on top edge not affecting image. Dated 29 May 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
rif. 18-1294London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 10 Apr 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Ira David Sankey 1840–1908 known as The Sweet Singer of Methodism was an American gospel singer and composer associated with evangelist Dwight L. Moody. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
rif. 18-1321London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins and wear on left edge with chip in corner not affecting image. Dated 19 Mar 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Francis Duncan C.B. 1836 – 16 November 1888 was a Royal Artillery officer lawyer historian and Conservative politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1888. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
rif. 18-1303London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and creases and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 28 Nov 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.John William Colenso 24 January 1814 – 20 June 1883 was a British mathematician theologian Biblical scholar and social activist who was the first Church of England Bishop of Natal. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
rif. 18-1330London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning in margins and loss at bottom edge not affecting image. Dated 27 Mar 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Edward Thornton KCB 13 July 1817 – 26 January 1906 was a prominent British diplomat who held posts in Latin America Turkey Russia and served for fourteen years as Minister to the United States. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
rif. 18-1339London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning and wrinkling in margins not affecting image. Dated 31 Oct 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Charles Thomson Ritchie 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC 19 November 1838 – 9 January 1906 was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 until 1905 when he was raised to the peerage. He served as Home Secretary from 1900 to 1902 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1902 to 1903. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1322London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning in margins and wear on edges not affecting image. Dated 14 May 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir James Porter Corry 1st Baronet 8 September 1826 – 28 November 1891 was an Irish politician. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament MP from 1874 to 1885 and an Irish Unionist Alliance MP from 1886 until his death. Sir James was the son of Robert Corry of Turnagardy Newtownards Co. Down a quarry owner and Belfast timber merchant. Educated at the Royal Belfast Academic Institution he entered the family timber firm which was at that time occupied with building the growing industrial port of Belfast. He was first elected to Parliament for the Irish constituency of Belfast in the 1874 general election. The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election. On 15 September 1885 he was created a baronet of Dunraven Antrim. On 1 February 1886 he became the MP for Mid Armagh in a by-election following the death of John McKane. In July 1886 he joined the Irish Unionist Alliance and stood for subsequent elections for this party. He died in office in 1891 at his home Dunraven on Belfast's Malone Road and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son William. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
rif. 18-1304London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and creases and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 5 Sep 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff GCB GCMG PC 1830 – 11 October 1908 known as Henry Drummond Wolff or H. Drummond Wolff was an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician who started as a clerk in the Foreign Office. Wolff was the son of Georgiana Mary née Walpole and Joseph Wolff. His father was a missionary who had been born Jewish and his mother a descendant of Prime Minister Robert Walpole. Wolff was educated at Rugby School. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
rif. 18-1317London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning and some creasing in margins not affecting image. Dated 2 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Lieutenant General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley KCB KCMG 27 April 1824 – 12 August 1893 was a British general and military writer and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
rif. 18-1335London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and spots in margin loss on right edge and wear to bottom corner. Image fine. Dated 30 May 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1302London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and creases and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 14 Nov 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Christopher Sykes 1831 – 15 December 1898 was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1892. He was a friend of Edward VII as Prince of Wales. Sykes was the second son of Sir Tatton Sykes 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Ann Foulis daughter of Sir William Foulis 7th Baronet. His father was a popular horse breeder who bred bloodstock; however he was an authoritarian father who bullied his children. Sykes was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College Cambridge. He began mixing with London's great and good and became a connoisseur of books china and furniture. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for the East Riding of Yorkshire. At the 1865 general election Sykes was elected Conservative Member of Parliament MP for Beverley. At the 1868 general election he was elected MP for the East Riding of Yorkshire. He held this seat until 1885 when it was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and was then elected for Buckrose one of the constituencies into which his previous constituency had been divided. He held the seat until 1892. Between 1868 and 1892 he made only six speeches and did not speak on any particular issue except in favour of a bill for the preservation of seabirds earning him the nickname Gull's Friend. He was considered to be the basis for the character "Mr Brauncepath" in Lothair the novel by Benjamin Disraeli. He was honoured with the Order of St. Lazarus of Belgium in 1879. Sykes became a close friend of Edward VII as Prince of Wales. The Prince was entertained in great splendour at Brantingham Thorpe Sykes' country house in Yorkshire during the Doncaster Races and at his London home in Berkeley Square. The Prince exploited his friend and subjected him to humiliations for example on one occasion poured a decanter of brandy over his head. However Sykes's lavish entertainment of the Marlborough House Set soon put a strain on his finances. Nearly bankrupted in 1890 Sykes was forced to sell both Brantingham Thorpe and his London home. At a general election two years later he lost his parliamentary seat. Despite this the Prince of Wales never forgot his devoted friend and after Sykes' death in 1898 he installed a tablet to his memory at Westminster Abbey. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
rif. 18-1342London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Toning and some rubbing across image. Dated 15 Aug 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Edward Birkbeck 1st Baronet KCVO DL 11 October 1838 – 2 September 1908 was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1295London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and stains and a vertical fold down the center. Two half-inch tears at bottom edge. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 29 May 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos GCSI PC DL 10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889 styled Earl Temple until 1839 and Marquess of Chandos from 1839 to 1861 was a British soldier politician and administrator of the 19th century. He was a close friend and subordinate of Benjamin Disraeli and served as the Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1867 to 1868 and Governor of Madras from 1875 to 1880. Buckingham was the only son of Richard Temple-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and was educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford. He joined the British Army eventually rising to become a colonel. Buckingham entered politics as Lord Chandos in 1846 when he was elected unopposed from Buckinghamshire as a candidate of the Conservative Party. Buckingham served as Member of Parliament from 1846 to 1857 when he resigned. He contested a re-election in 1859 but lost. Buckingham served in various political offices during his tenure. In March 1867 he was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies and served until December 1868. He also served as Governor of Madras from 1875 to 1880. As Governor he handled the relief measures for the victims of the Great Famine of 1876-78. Buckingham also served as Lord of the Treasury Keeper of the Privy Seal of the Prince of Wales Deputy Warden of the Stannaries Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire Chairman of the London and North-Western Railway member of the Imperial Privy Council Lord President of the Council and chairman of the committees in the House of Lords. He died on 26 March 1889 at the age of 65. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
rif. 18-1333London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 8 Aug 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.George Limbrey Sclater-Booth 1st Baron Basing PC FRS DL 19 May 1826 – 22 October 1894 known as George Sclater-Booth before 1887 was a British Conservative politician. He served as President of the Local Government Board under Benjamin Disraeli between 1874 and 1880. Born George Sclater Basing was the son of William Lutley Sclater of Hoddington House Hampshire and Anna Maria daughter of William Bowyer. His brother was the naturalist Philip Sclater. He was educated at Winchester and Balliol College Oxford and was called to the Bar Inner Temple in 1851. In 1857 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Booth to fulfil the will of Anna Maria Booth. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
