Image number: RS.20812

    Caricature of Richard Quain

    Date
    1875
    Sitter
    Richard Quain (1816 - 1898, British Irish) , Physician
    Creator
    Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (1851 - 1922, British) , Artist
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 380mm
    width (print): 263mm
    Subject
    Description
    Caricature of Richard Quain at full length, shown in right profile as viewed, with one hand tucked inside his jacket.

    Inscribed in the bottom right corner of the print: ‘Spy’
    Inscribed above: ‘VANITY FAIR Decr 15 1883’
    Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lith./ "Lord Beaconsfield's Physician"/ Dr. Quin'

    This caricature is titled ‘Lord Beaconsfield’s Physician’ and was number 292 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair.

    Richard Quain (1816-1898), Irish physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871.

    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.
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