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rif. 18-1346London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Foxing and wrinkling in margins and one-inch tear in top edge not affecting image. Dated 31 Jan 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 17 August 1840 – 10 September 1922 sometimes spelled "Wilfred" was an English poet and writer. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt travelled in the Middle East and were instrumental in preserving the Arabian horse bloodlines through their farm the Crabbet Arabian Stud. He was best known for his poetry which was published in a collected edition in 1914 but also wrote a number of political essays and polemics. Blunt is also known for his views against imperialism viewed as relatively enlightened for his time. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1301London: 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. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 24 Apr 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir George Samuel Jenkinson 11th Baronet 27 September 1817 – 19 January 1892 was a British Conservative politician. Jenkinson was the son of the Right Reverend John Jenkinson Bishop of St David's and Frances Augusta daughter of Augustus Pechell. Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool was his first cousin once removed. In 1855 he succeeded his uncle as eleventh Baronet. He died in Eastwood House Falfield on 19 January 1892 and was buried in a vault in St George's Church Falfield. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
rif. 18-1338London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning and foxing mostly in margins. Dated 5 Dec 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1328London: Vanity Fair 1886. 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 13 Nov 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Reginald Hanson 1st Baronet JP DL FSA 31 May 1840 – 18 April 1905 was Lord Mayor of London and a British Conservative Party politician. The son of Samuel and Mary Hanson née Choppin Reginald was educated at Tonbridge School Rugby School and Trinity College Cambridge MA LLD. The then headmaster of Rugby School Dr Frederick Temple later Archbishop of Canterbury said of Hanson on his departure "I have a most sincere and warm regard for him. The manly desire he shows to get rid of his faults and to do his duty will always deserve the respect of all who know him. There are a few from who I part with so much regret at my own loss". Indeed this sense of duty was upheld and he held numerous positions of public office. Following graduation the young Reginald joined the Commercial Union Assurance Company now part of Aviva plc which was previously co-founded by his father Samuel. Within a year he was appointed to the Board of directors where he remained until 1882. By this time he had already joined the family wholesale grocery business Samuel Hanson & Son Limited. He held a number of civic posts notably as an Alderman of Billingsgate London from 1880 and Sheriff of London and Middlesex 1881-82. From 1882-85 Hanson was a member of the London School Board. In 1886 he was elected Lord Mayor of London during which time Queen Victoria celebrated her Jubilee year. In 1887 Sir Reginald entertained Her Majesty at the Mansion House where he was created a Baronet by her having previously been knighted. Guests that day included the explorer Henry Morton Stanley and Judge Thomas Hughes author of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Conservative Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1891 to 1900 Hanson was also an Honorary Colonel of the 6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment. He died in 1905 and is buried in Highgate Cemetery leaving behind two sons Gerald Sir Gerald Stanhope Hanson 2nd Baronet Francis Sir Francis Stanhope Hanson - Knight Bachelor and two daughters Violet and Maud. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
rif. 18-1316London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins and some wear along edges not affecting image. Dated 26 Mar 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir John Charles Ready Colomb KCMG 1 May 1838 – 27 May 1909 was a British naval strategist. Colomb was born in Onchan Isle of Man the son of General George Thomas Colomb 1787–1874 and was the younger brother of British Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb. He was educated privately and entered the Royal Naval College from which he passed in 1854 into the Royal Marine Artillery. After being variously employed with the Navy Army Militia and Volunteers he retired in 1869 with the rank of Captain. He thenceforth devoted himself to the study of naval and military problems on which he had already published some essays. His books on Colonial Defence and Colonial Opinions 1873 The Defence of Great and Greater Britain 1879 Naval Intelligence and the Protection of Commerce 1881 The Use and the Application of Marine Forces 1883 Imperial Federation: Naval and Military 1887 followed later by other similar works made him well known among the rising school of Imperialists and he was returned to parliament 1886–1892 as Conservative member for Bow and Bromley and afterwards 1895–1906 for Great Yarmouth. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
rif. 18-1334London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Some toning and spots in margin not affecting image. Dated 19 Dec 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Henry Irving 6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905 born John Henry Brodribb sometimes known as J. H. Irving was an English stage actor in the Victorian era known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility supervision of sets lighting direction casting as well as playing the leading roles for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society. Irving is widely acknowledged to be one of the inspirations for Count Dracula the title character of the 1897 novel Dracula whose author Bram Stoker was business manager of the theatre. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
rif. 18-1324London: Vanity Fair 1886. 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 11 Dec 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sidney Herbert 14th Earl of Pembroke 11th Earl of Montgomery GCVO PC 20 February 1853 – 30 March 1913 styled The Honourable Sidney Herbert between 1861 and 1895 was a British politician and peer. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
rif. 18-1327London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Toning in margins and 4 half-inch tears not affecting image. Dated 12 Jun 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
rif. 18-1332London: 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 10 Oct 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Edward Strathearn Gordon Baron Gordon of Drumearn PC 10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879 was a Scottish judge and politician. Educated at Inverness Royal Academy Royal High School Edinburgh the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh University he was called to the Scottish bar in 1835. He was appointed Sheriff of Perth for 1858 to 1866 Solicitor General for Scotland from 1866 to 1867 and Lord Advocate from 1867 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1868 to 1874. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1868 and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1874. He was a made a Law Life Peer in 1876 as Baron Gordon of Drumearn in the County of Stirling and sat as a Lord of Appeal from 1876 to 1879. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1867 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876. He lived at 2 Randolph Crescent on the edge of the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh. He died in Brussels while travelling to Homburg for his health and is buried with his family against the original north boundary wall of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
rif. 18-1319London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins and wear on top edge not affecting image. Dated 23 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Julian Goldsmid 3rd Baronet 8 October 1838 – 7 January 1896 was a British lawyer businessman and Liberal later Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1866 and 1896. Goldsmid was the son of Frederick Goldsmid and his wife Caroline Samuel. His father was a banker and Member of Parliament for Honiton. Goldsmid was educated privately until he entered University College London. In 1864 he became a fellow of University College and was also called to the bar. After a brief period on the Oxford circuit he gave up practicing law when he was elected to parliament. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
rif. 18-1320London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning in margins not affecting image. Dated 16 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess of Exeter PC DL 20 December 1849 – 9 April 1898 styled Lord Burghley between 1867 and 1895 was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1891 and 1892. Exeter was the eldest son of William Cecil 3rd Marquess of Exeter and Lady Georgiana Sophia daughter of Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl of Longford. Lord William Cecil and Lord John Joicey-Cecil were his younger brothers. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
rif. 18-1309London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical crease down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 26 Sept 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir James Hudson GCB 1810 – 20 September 1885 was a British diplomat. He is noted for his time as British ambassador to Turin between 1852 and 1863 as an italophile and strong supporter of Italian unification and a collector of Italian art. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
rif. 18-1337London: 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 17 Oct 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.John Passmore Edwards 24 March 1823 – 22 April 191112 was a British journalist newspaper owner and philanthropist. The son of a carpenter he was born in Blackwater a small village between Redruth and Truro in Cornwall England. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1299London: 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. Dated 27 March 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir John Pope Hennessy KCMG 5 April 1834 – 7 October 1891 was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
rif. 18-1340London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor foxing and wrinkling in margins not affecting image. Dated 2 May 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1344London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Foxing and wrinkling along margins and half inch tear in top edge not affecting image. Dated 11 Jul 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.William Hale John Charles Pery 3rd Earl of Limerick KP PC DL JP 17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896 styled Viscount Glentworth until 1866 was an Irish peer and Conservative politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Salisbury between 1889 and 1892 and again between 1895 and his death in 1896. In 1892 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1318London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins not affecting image. Dated 29 Jan 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Henry Thurstan Holland 1st Viscount Knutsford GCMG PC 3 August 1825 – 29 January 1914 known as Sir Henry Holland Bt from 1873 to 1888 and as The Lord Knutsford from 1888 to 1895 was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1887 to 1892. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
rif. 18-1308London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Dated 10 Oct 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Edward Strathearn Gordon Baron Gordon of Drumearn PC 10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879 was a Scottish judge and politician. Educated at Inverness Royal Academy Royal High School Edinburgh the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh University he was called to the Scottish bar in 1835. He was appointed Sheriff of Perth for 1858 to 1866 Solicitor General for Scotland from 1866 to 1867 and Lord Advocate from 1867 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1868 to 1874. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1868 and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1874. He was a made a Law Life Peer in 1876 as Baron Gordon of Drumearn in the County of Stirling and sat as a Lord of Appeal from 1876 to 1879. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1867 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876. He lived at 2 Randolph Crescent on the edge of the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh. He died in Brussels while travelling to Homburg for his health and is buried with his family against the original north boundary wall of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
rif. 18-1336London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Some toning and wrinkling in margin not affecting image. Dated 3 Oct 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir William Henry Houldsworth 1st Baronet 20 August 1834 in Ardwick Manchester – 18 April 1917 in Kilmarnock was a mill-owner in Reddish Lancashire. He was Conservative MP for Manchester North West from 1883 to 1906 and sometime chairman of the Fine Cotton Spinners' Association. He was made a baronet in 1887. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1293London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor foxing and wear along left edge not affecting image. Dated 12 Dec 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
rif. 18-1343London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Foxing along top edge minor loss on top left corner and half inch tear in bottom edge not affecting image. Dated 27 Jun 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Frederick George Milner 7th Baronet GCVO PC 7 November 1849 – 8 June 1931 was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1883 to 1885 from 1890 to 1906. Educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford he was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament MPs for York at a by-election in 1883 but was defeated at the 1885 general election. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1311London: Vanity Fair 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor wrinkle at top edge not affecting image. Dated 16 Jun 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Charles Thomas Floquet French pronunciation: ʃaÊl flɔkɛ; 2 October 1828 – 18 January 1896 was a French statesman. He was born at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port Basses-Pyrénées. He studied law in Paris and was called to the bar in 1851. The coup d'état of that year aroused the strenuous opposition of Floquet who had while yet a student given proof of his republican sympathies by taking part in the fighting of 1848. He made his name by his brilliant and fearless attacks on the government in a series of political trials and at the same time contributed to the Temps and other influential journals. When the tsar Alexander II visited the Palais de Justice in 1867 Floquet was said to have confronted him with the cry "Vive la Pologne monsieur!" He delivered a scathing indictment of the Empire at the trial of Pierre Bonaparte for killing Victor Noir in 1870 and took a part in the revolution of 4 September as well as in the subsequent defence of Paris. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
rif. 18-1347London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Toning and stains with minor loss in bottom edge. Dated 21 Feb 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme 22 April 1833 – 27 October 1907 was a prominent English shipowner who became head of the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. shipping business. Together with his brother he expanded the activities of the company into one of the largest in Britain. He also served as Liberal MP for Hull for thirty years and in 1906 received the title Baron Nunburnholme. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
rif. 18-1325London: Vanity Fair 1886. 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 6 Feb 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.General Sir Charles Warren GCMG KCB FRS 7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927 was an officer in the British Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the Biblical Holy Land and particularly of the Temple Mount. Much of his military service was spent in British South Africa. Previously he was police chief the head of the London Metropolitan Police from 1886 to 1888 during the Jack the Ripper murders. His command in combat during the Second Boer War was criticised but he achieved considerable success during his long life in his military and civil posts. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
rif. 18-1307London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical crease down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 26 Dec 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
