Vanity Collection

Lloyd George / Vanity Fair
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE British politician

Blue Dress / Beer 1922
Blue dress by Beer: low neckline, open to the hips at the side & worn over a grey slip. Bodice & low waistband decorated in a feather motif plus a bandeau & earrings

Ws Gilbert / Vanity Fair
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan

Sullivan / Vanity Fair
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN Musician, noted for his collaboration with Gilbert on a series of operettas

Glymiel Jelly - Nobody in OUR family suffers from chapped hands. Glymiel Jelly stops all that. Date: c.1924

Disraeli / Vanity Fair
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Statesman, writer

Tennyson / Ape / Vanity Fair
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON English poet Cartoon

Sir Harcourt Gilbey Gold, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR HARCOURT GILBEY GOLD (1876-1952) Oarsman and President of the Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC), in flannels and blazer. Caption: Tarka Date: 1876 - 1952

Sir Charles Cox, Vanity Fair, Spy
CHARLES COX (1810-1892) Held various positions in the Colonial Office between 1829 and 1879. Caption: Colonial Date: 1810 - 1892

Pifco electric vibratory massager
Beauty that is yours sincerely: 1950s electric vibratory massager, claiming to help you keep slim and trim, promotes a healthy scalp, affords relief for tired feet and many muscular aches and pains

Chesterfield / Vanity Fair
Lord Chesterfield elegantly dressed in morning coat, grey striped trousers, town boots, shirt with high all-round collar, black tie, top hat, pink carnation & white gloves

Cartoon of Winston Churchill, British statesman
A cartoon depiction of Winston Churchill, British statesman and historian

Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair
Caricature of the naturalist Charles Darwin in Vanity Fair Magazine, 1871

Portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians and entertainers
In Vanity Fair -- portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians, entertainers and others, on a stage and below

Alfred A. G. Hales, Vanity Fair, Spy
ALFRED ARTHUR GREENWOOD HALES (1860-1936) Australian novelist and war correspondent. Caption: Peace and War Date: 1860 - 1936

Thomas Colleton Garth, Vanity Fair, Spy
THOMAS COLLETON GARTH (1822-1907) Master of the Garth foxhounds for over 50 years. In riding clothes, wearing boots and spurs. Caption: A Very Old Master Date: 1822-1907

Earl of Clarendon, Vanity Fair, Spy
EDWARD HYDE VILLIERS, 5th Earl of Clarendon (1846 -1914) Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870. British Liberal Unionist politician and sportsman. Caption: The Lord Chamberlain Date: 1846 - 1914

John Passmore Edwards, Vanity Fair, Spy
JOHN PASSMORE EDWARDS MP (1823 - 1911) Liberal Member of Parliament for Salisbury, Philanthropist, British journalist, owner and editor of the London newspaper The Echo

A simple device for removing a wart
Contrary to the title of this picture, a complicated and convoluted machine to help a sufferer remove a wart from his head

James Keir Hardie / Vanity
JAMES KEIR HARDIE British labour leader and politician, looking rather scruffy

Gladstone / Vanity Fair 69
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British statesman

John Buchan / Vanity Fair
JOHN BUCHAN Scottish author and administrator Date: 1875 - 1940

Am Broadley / Vanity Fair
ALEXANDER MEYRICK BROADLEY Lawyer, writer, and collector of Napoleona Date: 1847 - 1916

Corry / Vanity Fair 1877
MONTAGU WILLIAM LOWRY CORRY BARON ROWTON Statesman and philanthropist, Disraelis private secretary

WILLIAM GILLETTE American actor and dramatist, in the role of Sherlock Holmes Date: 1855 - 1937

William Ballantine
SERGEANT WILLIAM BALLANTINE English lawyer who led case for Tichborne Claimant Date: 1812 - 1887

Kitchener / Vanity Fair
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum Soldier

Rasselas and Imlac digging a tunnel
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, together with his companion, the wise man Imlac, digging a tunnel in order to escape the Happy Valley and see what life is like beyond it

Samuel Smiles Vanity Fr
SAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896
A selection of Victorian household items; twin oil and vinegar bottles, solid silver candlestick holders, ornate mounted hair brush, cut crystal scent bottle, chased silver lamp with burner

Advert for Bellins Wonderstoen hair removal 1933
Remove unwanted hair with this danity disc. Perfumed disc that is easy to use, passes over the affected part leaving the skin hair-free. Date: 1933

Frederick Leverton Harris, Vanity Fair, Spy
FREDERICK LEVERTON HARRIS (1864-1926) British Politician, statesman and Member of Parliament for Tynemouth (1900-1906), Stepney (1907-1910) and East Worcestershire (1914-1918) Date: 1864 - 1926

Lord Elcho, Vanity Fair, Spy
HUGO RICHARD CHARTERIS, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March (1857-1937), styled Lord Elcho from 1883 to 1914. Scottish Conservative politician. Caption: Derby Day Date: 1857-1937

Maharaja of Cooch Behar, Vanity Fair
SHRI SIR NRIPENDRA NARAYAN, Maharaja of Cooch Behar (1862-1911) seen here in the dismounted review order uniform of a British officer of the 6th (Prince of Wales s) Bengal Cavalry

The Two Young Girls - The Beautiful Rosine by Antoine Wiertz
Reproduction of the painting The Two Young Girls or The Beautiful Rosine by Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865)

Admiral Edward Hobart Seymour
Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour in a Vanity Fair cartoon by Spy. Seymour (1840 - 1929) was a Royal Navy officer and Commander-in-Chief of the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion

E. W. Beckett MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
ERNEST WILLIAM BECKETT MP, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856-1917) born Ernest William Denison. British banker and Conservative politician. Caption: Whitby Date: 1856-1917

May / Phil / Vanity Fair 95
PHILIP WILLIAM MAY known as PHIL MAY English cartoonist Date: 1864 - 1903

Lord de Grey and Ripon, Vanity Fair, Ape
GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827-1909), known as Viscount Goderich (1833-59) and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon (1859-71)

Rev. Edward Hale, Vanity Fair, Spy
Reverend EDWARD HALE (1828- ) Master at Eton College, England, here dressed in gown and mortar board. Caption: Badger Date: 1828-

Sir Polydore de Keyser, Vanity Fair, Spy
Sir Polydore de Keyser (18321898) - a lawyer and the first Roman Catholic since the Reformation to be elected Lord Mayor of London (October 1887 to November 1888)

Barbers shop with Monkeys and Cats. Teniers, Abraham (1629-1670). Oil on copper

Vanity by William Barribal
A young woman beams widely as she adjusts her large Merry Widow style hat, gripping an evil-looking hat pin in her mouth. Date: 1910

Advert for Universal hair extensions 1915
Using human hair extensions to change your hairstyle, in a range of colours. 1915

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912
Ladys real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Thomas Merthyr Guest, Vanity Fair, CG
THOMAS MERTHYR GUEST (1838-1904) Wealthy landowner, shown on horseback in red hunting jacket, smoking a pipe. Caption: Blackmore Vale Date: 1838 - 1904

6th Earl of Donoughmore, Vanity Fair, Spy
RICHARD WALTER HELY-HUTCHINSON, 6th Earl of Donoughmore (1875-1948) Irish peer and politician. Caption: A most discreet under secretary, drawn for the first time Date: 1848 - 1900

Gaekwad of Baroda, Vanity Fair, MR
SAYAJIRAO GAEKWAD III (Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad) (1863 - 1939) The Maharaja of Baroda from 1875 to 1939, and a notable reformist. Caption: The Gaekwar Date: 1863 - 1939

Marquess of Abergavenny, Vanity Fair, Ape
WILLIAM NEVILL, 1st Marquess of ABERGAVENNY (1826 -1915) English peer. Caption: The Tory bloodhound Date: 1875

Richard K. Causton MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
RICHARD KNIGHT CAUSTON, 1st Baron Southwark (1843-1929) British businessman and Liberal politician. MP for Colchester and later for Southwark West, a seat he held for 26 years

Fall / Poodle & Mirror
CHAMPION NUNSOE THE FLORIN Owned by Miss Lane. A white dog with a poodle cut looks at its reflection in a mirror. 1936

Asprey Christmas presents, 1926
Colour advertisement for Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas, including an attache case, a shagreen cigarette box, leather handbag, crocodile handbag pochette

Eleanor of Provence
ELEANOR OF PROVENCE Queen of Henry III & mother of Edward I of England. She was joint governor in 1253 & organised military action

F H Butler (Vanity Fair)
FRANK HEDGES BUTLER, noted balloonist, looks down from the hot air balloon basket he is riding in and prepares to speak through his megaphone

Bunyan / Pilgrims Map
The pilgrims route map, from the Gate at upper left, via the Valley of the Shadow of Death, the Slough of Despond, Vanity Fair

Cyril Maude
CYRIL MAUDE (1862 - 1951), English actor-manager 1897

Ga Sala / Vanity Fair 1875
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA Writer and journalist Date: 1828 - 1896

John Cumming
JOHN CUMMING Scottish divine 1807 - 1881

F C Burnand / Vanity Fair
SIR FRANCIS COWLEY BURNAND journalist, editor of Punch Date: 1836 - 1917

Advert / Neige Cevennes
Neige des Cevennes - beauty creams and liquids Date: 1930

Browning / Vanity Fair
ROBERT BROWNING writer Date: 1812 - 1889

Samuel Plimsoll, politician
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL Politician, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships Date: 1824 - 1898

Major Esterhazy
MAJOR MCFW ESTERHAZY French Major and German spy, connected with the Dreyfus Case Date: 1847 - 1923

Advert for John Pound & Co cases 1913
Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Lionel G. B. Justice Ford, Vanity Fair, Strickland
LIONEL GEORGE BRIDGES JUSTICE FORD (1865-1932) Anglican priest and part-time cricketer who served as Dean of York (1925-1932) after headmasterships at the schools of Repton (1901) and Harrow (1910)

William Coutts Keppel, Vanity Fair, Ape
WILLIAM COUTTS KEPPEL (1832-1894) British soldier and politician. Styled Viscount Bury between 1851 and 1891 before succeeding his father to become the 7th Earl of Albemarle

Sir Godfrey Baring, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR GODFREY BARING, 1st Baronet (1871-1957) Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple and the Isle of Wight. Caption: Isle of Wight Date: 1871 - 1957

Lord Balcarres MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
DAVID ALEXANDER EDWARD LINDSAY, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of BALCARRES (1871-1940), styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913. British Conservative politician and art connoisseur

Lionel L. Cohen, Vanity Fair, Lib
LIONEL LOUIS COHEN (1832-1887) English financier, politician, and communal worker. Trustee and later manager of the London Stock Exchange. MP for Paddington North

Tolstoy (Vanity Fair)
LEO TOLSTOY Russian novelist in old age Date: 1828 - 1910

Bodybuilder - Scarborough, England
A very well-lit shot of an English strongman flexing his biceps and upper torso

Dangers of Love 16C
The dangers of love

The skeleton of Death visits a woman in her boudoir
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, and his skeletal dog visit a woman dressing in her boudoir. 18th century woman doing her hair and makeup in front of a mirror in her bedroom. Vanity

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, 1662-1748. The Proud Duke, British peer, Lord President of the Council and Master of the Horse

A peacock chosen king of the farm birds
A peacock displays his tail feathers in front of a barnyard of birds. A magpie asks how he will defend them from the eagle flying above. Peacock chosen king

Daphne brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Bottle of toilet water in box, can of Sachet Powder, vanity makeup compact and duplex rouge compact with mirror

The Pack-Horse and the Carrier. Three horses feed at a manger in a stable. A rider rebukes a vain horse, while a stable hand exits with a feed basket

The Owl and the Farmer. A farmer with pitchfork talks to an owl on a beam in a barn

The Mother, the Nurse and the Fairy. A sprite stands on a baby's cradle in a bedroom. The nanny fears the baby has been swapped for a foolish changeling

Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897 Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897
Selection of travelling dressing bags and cases, available from W. Thornhill & Co, in New Bond Street. Date: 1897

Advert for Madame P. Rowleys Toilet Mask 1895
Natural beautifier for bleaching and preserving the skin and removing complexional imperfections

Client: Vanity Fair - location: Teddington - Striped white jersey and navy trousers - April 24, 1958 Date: 1958

Shoot for (probably) Vanity Fair - Model and Rowers
Shoot for (probably) Vanity Fair - 1950s. Model with a team of rowers. Date: 1950s

Shoot for Vanity Fair - Tweed Coat and small car - July 5, 1960 Date: 1960

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