Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3485571
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Vanity Fair
Technique
Year
1875
Print run
Signed
Publisher
Dimensions
18.5x30 cm
Printing office
Details

The majority of the prints were colored by chromolithography, a time-consuming Victorian method of printing using different limestone blocks. They were offered as collector's items to encourage sales of the magazine and have been in high demand ever since. Subjects included athletes, lawyers, judges, artists, actors, explorers, politicians and people of vision, many of whom ended up being famous historical figures

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