Antique Original Vanity Fair Legal Print  - The Hon Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay - dated: Jan. 7, 1888. Captions reads: "costs disallowed." Print measures approximately 10 1/2" x 15 1/2". It is in good condition with minor chip to corner of margin. Print will mat frame nicely.
 
 
Vanity Fair was a British weekly magazine published from 1868 to 1914. Founded by Thomas Gibson Bowles, it offered its readership articles on fashion, current events, the theatre, books, social events and the latest scandals. A full-page, color lithograph of a contemporary celebrity or dignitary appeared in most issues, and it is for these caricatures that Vanity Fair is best known today. These prints are often referred to as "Spy Prints" after Leslie Ward, perhaps Vanity Fair's most prolific and celebrated artist, who usually signed his works "Spy."