Caricature of Guglielmo Marconi
Date
1905
Sitter
Guglielmo Marconi (1820, French) , 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 Guglielmo Marconi 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 Supplement’
Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith./ "Wires without wires"/ Jehu Junior'
This caricature is titled ‘Wires without wires’ and was number 945 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair between 1868-1913.
Guglielmo Marconi (1847-1937), Italian physicist and inventor of the radio, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was joint recipient with Karl Ferdinand Braun of the Nobel Prize (Physics) in 1909 ‘in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy’.
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 Supplement’
Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith./ "Wires without wires"/ Jehu Junior'
This caricature is titled ‘Wires without wires’ and was number 945 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair between 1868-1913.
Guglielmo Marconi (1847-1937), Italian physicist and inventor of the radio, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was joint recipient with Karl Ferdinand Braun of the Nobel Prize (Physics) in 1909 ‘in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy’.
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 donated to the Royal Society by former PRS Charles Scott Sherrington (1857–1952), as part of a bound volume featuring caricatures, photographs and signature facsimiles of the individuals.
This print was donated to the Royal Society by former PRS Charles Scott Sherrington (1857–1952), as part of a bound volume featuring caricatures, photographs and signature facsimiles of the individuals.