Portraits of Vanity Fair : The Charles Sigety Collection

Nickerson, Fiona, Beetles, Chris, Beetles, Alexander, Oakley, Pascale

ISBN 10: 191490611X / ISBN 13: 9781914906114

Verlag: Chris Beetles Ltd, 2023

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 54192915-20

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“I venture to prophesy that, when the history of the Victorian Era come to be written in true perspective, the most faithful mirror and record of representative men and the spirit of their times will be sought and found in Vanity Fair” (Leslie Ward, Forty Years of Spy, page 331) First published in November 1868, the society journal Vanity Fair was the essential representation of Victorian high society, a paper written by and for the Establishment. What not only set Vanity Fair apart from its competitors, but changed the way in which caricature was viewed and received, was the lithographically reproduced portraits of members of Victorian society that appeared in its pages each week. The first of these portraits, by Carlo Pellegrini (who signed as ‘Ape’), was published in January 1869 and were the first of over 2,300 caricatures to appear in Vanity Fair’s pages until its closure in 1914. Those who were featured were the leading politicians of the day, statesman and diplomats, noblemen, judges, sportsmen and royalty. It became a mark of honour, even a social necessity, to appear in Vanity Fair.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Portraits of Vanity Fair : The Charles ...
Verlag: Chris Beetles Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good