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18-1316London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins and some wear along edges not affecting image. Dated 26 Mar 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir John Charles Ready Colomb KCMG 1 May 1838 – 27 May 1909 was a British naval strategist. Colomb was born in Onchan Isle of Man the son of General George Thomas Colomb 1787–1874 and was the younger brother of British Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb. He was educated privately and entered the Royal Naval College from which he passed in 1854 into the Royal Marine Artillery. After being variously employed with the Navy Army Militia and Volunteers he retired in 1869 with the rank of Captain. He thenceforth devoted himself to the study of naval and military problems on which he had already published some essays. His books on Colonial Defence and Colonial Opinions 1873 The Defence of Great and Greater Britain 1879 Naval Intelligence and the Protection of Commerce 1881 The Use and the Application of Marine Forces 1883 Imperial Federation: Naval and Military 1887 followed later by other similar works made him well known among the rising school of Imperialists and he was returned to parliament 1886–1892 as Conservative member for Bow and Bromley and afterwards 1895–1906 for Great Yarmouth. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
18-1326London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning and foxing in margins not affecting image. Dated 18 Dec 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett 1838 – 22 June 1903 was a Royal Artillery officer and Conservative politician who represented Rochester in the British House of Commons. He was damaged politically by a personal scandal. Hughes-Hallet was the son of Charles Madras Hughes-Hallett and his wife Emma Mary Roberts. He became a colonel in the Royal Artillery. In 1885 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Rochester and reelected in 1886. However a personal scandal led to his being hounded by the press and shunned by his parliamentary colleagues and he stood down from Parliament in 1889. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
18-1321London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins and wear on left edge with chip in corner not affecting image. Dated 19 Mar 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Francis Duncan C.B. 1836 – 16 November 1888 was a Royal Artillery officer lawyer historian and Conservative politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1888. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
71-1039London: Vanity Fair 1874. Chromolithograph. 30.7 x 18.5 cm. image. 38.6 x 25.5 cm. sheet. Dated 31 January 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lithographers. Very Good. Light toning along sheet edges short binding tears at right sheet edge.William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe 4th Earl of Desart 10 July 1845 – 15 September 1898. He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Desart 4th Viscount Desart and 4th Earl of Desart on 1 April 1865. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
71-1037London: Vanity Fair 1874. Chromolithograph. 30.7 x 18.5 cm. image. 38.6 x 25.5 cm. sheet. Dated 31 January 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lithographers. Very Good. Light toning along sheet edges some tears at sheet corners.William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe 4th Earl of Desart 10 July 1845 – 15 September 1898. He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Desart 4th Viscount Desart and 4th Earl of Desart on 1 April 1865. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
18-1332London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 10 Oct 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Edward Strathearn Gordon Baron Gordon of Drumearn PC 10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879 was a Scottish judge and politician. Educated at Inverness Royal Academy Royal High School Edinburgh the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh University he was called to the Scottish bar in 1835. He was appointed Sheriff of Perth for 1858 to 1866 Solicitor General for Scotland from 1866 to 1867 and Lord Advocate from 1867 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1868 to 1874. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1868 and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1874. He was a made a Law Life Peer in 1876 as Baron Gordon of Drumearn in the County of Stirling and sat as a Lord of Appeal from 1876 to 1879. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1867 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876. He lived at 2 Randolph Crescent on the edge of the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh. He died in Brussels while travelling to Homburg for his health and is buried with his family against the original north boundary wall of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
18-1308London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Dated 10 Oct 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Edward Strathearn Gordon Baron Gordon of Drumearn PC 10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879 was a Scottish judge and politician. Educated at Inverness Royal Academy Royal High School Edinburgh the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh University he was called to the Scottish bar in 1835. He was appointed Sheriff of Perth for 1858 to 1866 Solicitor General for Scotland from 1866 to 1867 and Lord Advocate from 1867 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1868 to 1874. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1868 and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1874. He was a made a Law Life Peer in 1876 as Baron Gordon of Drumearn in the County of Stirling and sat as a Lord of Appeal from 1876 to 1879. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1867 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876. He lived at 2 Randolph Crescent on the edge of the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh. He died in Brussels while travelling to Homburg for his health and is buried with his family against the original north boundary wall of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
71-1038London: Vanity Fair 1878. Chromolithograph. 31.5 x 19 cm. image. 39 x 26 cm. sheet. Dated 7 July 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lithographers. Very Good. Light toning along sheet edges.Frederick Charles Philips was a Lawyer and Novelist. Became a barrister. In August 1885 his novel was published and enjoyed great success. London: Vanity Fair, 1878. unknown
71-1036London: Vanity Fair 1888. Chromolithograph. 31.5 x 19 cm. image. 39 x 26 cm. sheet. Dated 7 July 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lithographers. Very Good. Light toning along sheet edges.Frederick Charles Philips was a Lawyer and Novelist. Became a barrister. In August 1885 his novel was published and enjoyed great success. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
18-1333London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 8 Aug 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.George Limbrey Sclater-Booth 1st Baron Basing PC FRS DL 19 May 1826 – 22 October 1894 known as George Sclater-Booth before 1887 was a British Conservative politician. He served as President of the Local Government Board under Benjamin Disraeli between 1874 and 1880. Born George Sclater Basing was the son of William Lutley Sclater of Hoddington House Hampshire and Anna Maria daughter of William Bowyer. His brother was the naturalist Philip Sclater. He was educated at Winchester and Balliol College Oxford and was called to the Bar Inner Temple in 1851. In 1857 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Booth to fulfil the will of Anna Maria Booth. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
18-1299London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Dated 27 March 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir John Pope Hennessy KCMG 5 April 1834 – 7 October 1891 was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
18-1330London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning in margins and loss at bottom edge not affecting image. Dated 27 Mar 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Edward Thornton KCB 13 July 1817 – 26 January 1906 was a prominent British diplomat who held posts in Latin America Turkey Russia and served for fourteen years as Minister to the United States. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
18-1307London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical crease down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 26 Dec 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
18-1437London: Vanity Fair 1869. Original colour lithograph. 14 x 9.6 inches. Good. Wrinkling along left margin and tear on bottom edge not affecting image. Dated 13 Feb 1869. Scarce.John Bright 16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889 was a British Radical and Liberal statesman one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws. In partnership with Richard Cobden he founded the Anti-Corn Law League aimed at abolishing the Corn Laws which raised food prices and protected landowners' interests by levying taxes on imported wheat. The Corn Laws were repealed in 1846. Bright also worked with Cobden in another free trade initiative the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty of 1860 promoting closer interdependence between Britain and France. This campaign was conducted in collaboration with French economist Michel Chevalier and succeeded despite Parliament's endemic mistrust of the French. Bright sat in the House of Commons from 1843 to 1889 promoting free trade electoral reform and religious freedom. He was almost a lone voice in opposing the Crimean War; he also opposed Gladstone's proposed Home Rule for Ireland. He was a spokesman for the middle class and strongly opposed to the privileges of the landed aristocracy. In terms of Ireland he sought to end the political privileges of Anglicans disestablished the Church of Ireland and began land reform that would turn land over to the Catholic peasants. He coined the phrase "Mother of Parliaments." London: Vanity Fair, 1869. unknown
18-1327London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Toning in margins and 4 half-inch tears not affecting image. Dated 12 Jun 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
18-1303London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and creases and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 28 Nov 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.John William Colenso 24 January 1814 – 20 June 1883 was a British mathematician theologian Biblical scholar and social activist who was the first Church of England Bishop of Natal. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
18-1320London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning in margins not affecting image. Dated 16 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess of Exeter PC DL 20 December 1849 – 9 April 1898 styled Lord Burghley between 1867 and 1895 was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1891 and 1892. Exeter was the eldest son of William Cecil 3rd Marquess of Exeter and Lady Georgiana Sophia daughter of Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl of Longford. Lord William Cecil and Lord John Joicey-Cecil were his younger brothers. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
18-1305London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and creases and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 12 Dec 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.William Montagu Hay 10th Marquess of Tweeddale KT 29 January 1826 – 25 November 1911 known before 1878 as Lord William Hay or Lord William Montagu Hay was a Scottish landowner peer and politician. He was born at Yester House near Gifford East Lothian and served in British India as a member of the Bengal Civil Service and later as a Liberal Member of Parliament. In 1878 he succeeded his brother as Marquess of Tweeddale and as owner of some 40000 acres in Scotland. He went on to become Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and was appointed a Knight of the Thistle. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
18-1298London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 6 March 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson KCB 19 April 1821 – 8 December 1896 was an officer in the British Army who was Comptroller-General of Convicts in Western Australia from 1850 to 1863 Home Office Surveyor-General of Prisons from 1863 to 1869 and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis head of the London Metropolitan Police from 1869 to 1886. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
18-1323London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor wear on top edge not affecting image. Dated 29 May 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
18-1317London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning and some creasing in margins not affecting image. Dated 2 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Lieutenant General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley KCB KCMG 27 April 1824 – 12 August 1893 was a British general and military writer and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
18-1311London: Vanity Fair 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor wrinkle at top edge not affecting image. Dated 16 Jun 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Charles Thomas Floquet French pronunciation: ​ʃaÊl flÉ”kÉ›; 2 October 1828 – 18 January 1896 was a French statesman. He was born at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port Basses-Pyrénées. He studied law in Paris and was called to the bar in 1851. The coup d'état of that year aroused the strenuous opposition of Floquet who had while yet a student given proof of his republican sympathies by taking part in the fighting of 1848. He made his name by his brilliant and fearless attacks on the government in a series of political trials and at the same time contributed to the Temps and other influential journals. When the tsar Alexander II visited the Palais de Justice in 1867 Floquet was said to have confronted him with the cry "Vive la Pologne monsieur!" He delivered a scathing indictment of the Empire at the trial of Pierre Bonaparte for killing Victor Noir in 1870 and took a part in the revolution of 4 September as well as in the subsequent defence of Paris. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
18-1335London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and spots in margin loss on right edge and wear to bottom corner. Image fine. Dated 30 May 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
18-1325London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning and foxing in margins not affecting image. Dated 6 Feb 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.General Sir Charles Warren GCMG KCB FRS 7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927 was an officer in the British Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the Biblical Holy Land and particularly of the Temple Mount. Much of his military service was spent in British South Africa. Previously he was police chief the head of the London Metropolitan Police from 1886 to 1888 during the Jack the Ripper murders. His command in combat during the Second Boer War was criticised but he achieved considerable success during his long life in his military and civil posts. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
18-1345London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Foxing and wrinkling in margins and 2 half-inch tears in bottom edge not affecting image. Dated 26 Sep 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Aretas Akers-Douglas 1st Viscount Chilston GBE PC JP DL 21 October 1851 – 15 January 1926 born Aretas Akers and known as Aretas Akers-Douglas between 1875 and 1911 was a British Conservative statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until he was raised to the peerage in 1911. He notably served as Home Secretary under Arthur Balfour between 1902 and 1905. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
