Caricature of Samuel Wilks
Date
1892
Sitter
Samuel Wilks (1824 - 1911, British) , Physician
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 Samuel Wilks, inclined slightly to the right as viewed, holding his spectacles with his right hand.
Inscribed in the bottom left corner of the print: ‘Spy’
Inscribed above: ‘'VANITY FAIR. Octr. 1 1892’
Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lith./ “Philosophical Pathology”’
This caricature is titled ‘Philosophical pathology’ and was number 548 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair between 1868-1913.
The associated text begins: ‘Born in respectable Camberwell eight-and-sixty years ago, and respectably educated at University College, London, he is now the oldest and one of the best known of Guy's men. A diligent medical student, he has steadily improved himself from the first; and without ever being a fashionable physician - for which he is too truthful - he has successively been made a Doctor of Medicine, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal Society, Physician to Guy's Hospital and Lecturer on Medicine, President of the Pathological Society, Member of the Society of the University of London and of the General Council, Vice-President of the Royal College of Physicians, Physician to the Duke of Duchess of Connaught, and many other things […]’
Sir Samuel Wilks (1824-1911), baronet and physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1870.
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. Octr. 1 1892’
Inscribed below: ‘Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lith./ “Philosophical Pathology”’
This caricature is titled ‘Philosophical pathology’ and was number 548 of the ‘Men of the Day’ series published in Vanity Fair between 1868-1913.
The associated text begins: ‘Born in respectable Camberwell eight-and-sixty years ago, and respectably educated at University College, London, he is now the oldest and one of the best known of Guy's men. A diligent medical student, he has steadily improved himself from the first; and without ever being a fashionable physician - for which he is too truthful - he has successively been made a Doctor of Medicine, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal Society, Physician to Guy's Hospital and Lecturer on Medicine, President of the Pathological Society, Member of the Society of the University of London and of the General Council, Vice-President of the Royal College of Physicians, Physician to the Duke of Duchess of Connaught, and many other things […]’
Sir Samuel Wilks (1824-1911), baronet and physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1870.
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.