Lot 310

Spy & Ape Vanity Fair Legal Caricatures

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Spy & Ape Vanity Fair Legal Caricatures

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by Atlee Raber Auctioneer
August 3, 2026 6:00 PM EDT
Live Auction
17020 Dover Road
Dundee, OH, US 44624

16.5x13, 19x13 This lot comprises two antique chromolithograph caricatures published by the British weekly magazine Vanity Fair, featuring prominent members of the Victorian legal profession. The first print, titled The Law, is dated March 1 1879 and bears the signature of Spy (Sir Leslie Ward) in the plate. The portrait depicts a seated judge in a wig and robes, shown in a moment of contemplation at a desk. The second print, titled hard head, is dated Dec 15 1888 and bears the signature of Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in the plate. This print is further inscribed Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. at the lower left. Web intelligence identifies the subject of this print as Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay. Both pieces are printed in color using a lithographic process on paper. The works are individually framed under glass; one is in a black-stained frame and the other in a brown molded wood frame.

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