A future judge / Ape ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith. – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with A future judge / Ape ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A future judge / Ape ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith.
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Sir John Walter Huddleston appears here as a "future judge," a caption that hints at the legal career he was building when Vanity Fair ran the portrait in 1874. Carlo Pellegrini, who signed his work "Ape," drew the figure in his usual style, with a large head and an expressive pose that suggests the sitter's quick manner in court. The lithograph was printed in color by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son and later reissued in the *Vanity Fair Album* volume of statesmen, where it was grouped with other public men of the period. Caricatures like this one were a popular way for Victorian readers to keep track of lawyers, politicians and officials.
| Created / published | [1874] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1880-1890.Caricatures 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Vanity fair album: a show of sovereigns, statesmen, judges, and men of the day / Jehu Junior. London : Ranken and Co., 1874, v. 6. Statesmen, no. 163. |
| Subjects | Huddleston, John Walter,--Sir,--1815-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,167 × 1,467 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217792 |
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