Caricature of Louis Pasteur
Date
1887
Sitter
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895, French) , Chemist
Creator
Théobald Chartran (1849 - 1891, French) , Painter
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 Louis Pasteur at three-quarter length, slightly inclined to the left as viewed and holding two white rabbits in his arms.
Inscribed in the bottom right corner of the print: ‘.T.’
Inscribed above: ‘VANITY FAIR Jany 8 1887’
Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith./ "Hydrophobia"'
This caricature is titled ‘Hydrophobia’ and was number 372 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair.
Louis Pasteur (1882-1895), French chemist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1869 and was awarded its Rumford Medal, 1856, and Copley Medal, 1874.
Théobald Chartran (1849-1907), French propaganda painter, portrait artists and occasional caricaturist for Vanity Fair.
Inscribed in the bottom right corner of the print: ‘.T.’
Inscribed above: ‘VANITY FAIR Jany 8 1887’
Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith./ "Hydrophobia"'
This caricature is titled ‘Hydrophobia’ and was number 372 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair.
Louis Pasteur (1882-1895), French chemist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1869 and was awarded its Rumford Medal, 1856, and Copley Medal, 1874.
Théobald Chartran (1849-1907), French propaganda painter, portrait artists and occasional caricaturist for Vanity Fair.
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.