Caricature of Oliver Joseph Lodge
Date
1904
Sitter
Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851 - 1940, British) , Physicist
Creator
Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (1851 - 1922, British) , Artist
Creator - Organisation
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lithographer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 380mm
width (print): 263mm
width (print): 263mm
Subject
Description
Caricature of Oliver Lodge at full length, shown in left profile as viewed, with hands in pockets.
Inscribed in the bottom left corner of the print: ‘Spy’
Inscribed above: ‘VANITY FAIR Feby. 4th 1904’
Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd. Lith/ “Birmingham University”’
This caricature is titled ‘Birmingham University’ and was number 907 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair between 1868-1913.
The associated text begins: ‘He is only fifty-four, but he is a Staffordshire man who has made himself so great in Science that he has won many degrees from several Universities, and four years ago was appointed Principal of the University of Birmingham; which though new is quite a wholesome institution. He began in a Staffordshire Grammar School; equipped himself at University College, London; was made Professor of Physics at University College, Liverpool; won the Rumford medal of the Royal Society, and last year was chosen to be Romanes Lecturer at Oxford […]’
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940), British physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1887 and was awarded its Rumford Medal in 1898 for ‘his researches in radiation and in the relations between matter and ether’.
Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (1851-1922), British artist who did much of his work under the pseudonym ‘Spy’ and served as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair between 1873-1911.
Inscribed in the bottom left corner of the print: ‘Spy’
Inscribed above: ‘VANITY FAIR Feby. 4th 1904’
Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd. Lith/ “Birmingham University”’
This caricature is titled ‘Birmingham University’ and was number 907 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair between 1868-1913.
The associated text begins: ‘He is only fifty-four, but he is a Staffordshire man who has made himself so great in Science that he has won many degrees from several Universities, and four years ago was appointed Principal of the University of Birmingham; which though new is quite a wholesome institution. He began in a Staffordshire Grammar School; equipped himself at University College, London; was made Professor of Physics at University College, Liverpool; won the Rumford medal of the Royal Society, and last year was chosen to be Romanes Lecturer at Oxford […]’
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940), British physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1887 and was awarded its Rumford Medal in 1898 for ‘his researches in radiation and in the relations between matter and ether’.
Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (1851-1922), British artist who did much of his work under the pseudonym ‘Spy’ and served as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair between 1873-1911.
Object history
Vanity Fair ’s ‘Men of the Day’ series, which featured a full page, colour caricature of a significant public figure and text commentary, largely written by "Jehu Junior", was a popular feature that ran between 1868 and 1913.
This print was purchased by the Royal Society in 1999.
This print was purchased by the Royal Society in 1999.