Antique Matted Vanity Fair Caricature by Spy "Home Ruler", 1872

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Here is "a man in full", John Francis Maguire (1815 – 1 November 1872), an Irish writer and politician who … Read more Here is "a man in full", John Francis Maguire (1815 – 1 November 1872), an Irish writer and politician who was an MP for twenty years and looks very much in charge. He claimed his immortality in the pages of the March 23, 1872 issue of Vanity Fair with this chromolithograph portrait, rendered by the most famous Vanity Fair artist, Sir Matthew Leslie Ward, aka "Spy". Matted in a 16" x 20" pH neutral mat for ease of framing in a readymade frame, this print is in excellent condition as pictured. See less