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This is the guy that launched a million slips of the tongue, William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930) was a long-serving Oxford … Read more This is the guy that launched a million slips of the tongue, William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930) was a long-serving Oxford don noted for his absent-mindedness... and for supposedly mixing up the syllables in a spoken phrase, with unintentionally comic effect. Thus, "Spoonerisms" were born. Here he is, from the pages of the April 21, 1898 issue of Vanity Fair, looking very much like a don. His chromolithograph portrait was 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 with a few nicks and creases to the page edges, as pictured. See less
- Dimensions
- 16ʺW × 0.1ʺD × 20ʺH
- Styles
- Realism
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Art Subjects
- Portrait
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gray
- Condition Notes
- In excellent condition with a few nicks and creases to the page edges, as pictured. In excellent condition with a few nicks and creases to the page edges, as pictured. less
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