Patience / Spy ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. – Vintage Wall Art
![Patience / Spy ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith., [1881 Dec. 10] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9f/9f6ac7344150-L.webp)
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures Patience / Spy ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Patience / Spy ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
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This color lithograph caricature shows the playwright W. S. Gilbert, drawn by the Vanity Fair artist who signed himself "Spy," and it appeared in the magazine's issue of December 10, 1881. The caricature ties Gilbert to *Patience*, the comic opera he wrote with Arthur Sullivan, which had opened earlier that year in London and mocked the aesthetic movement's cult of velvet suits, lilies, and languid poses. Because the opera made fashion its target, the sitter's dress is worth a close look: the print captures how Victorian Londoners read clothing as a statement of taste and class. Vanity Fair's weekly caricatures, reproduced as lithographs by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, were a popular way for readers to follow the theater and personalities of the day.
| Created / published | [1881 Dec. 10] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1890-1900.Caricatures 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Vanity fair album : ... / by Jehu Junior. 1881 Dec. 10, vol. 13, no. 244. |
| Subjects | Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck),--1836-1911. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,161 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218525 |
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