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Reference numberVF/31
Alternative reference numberVF31
LevelItem
TitlePortrait of Sir Richard Quain by Sir Leslie Ward
ArtistWard, Leslie ['Spy']
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son
Date20 February 1875
DescriptionVanity Fair cartoon titled 'Lord Beaconsfield's Physician' featuring Sir Richard Quain. Full length, right profile. Number 292 of the 'Men of the Day' series.
InscriptionContentRecto inscription: 'VANITY FAIR Decr 15 1883/ Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lith./ "Lord Beaconsfield's Physician"/ Dr. Quin'
FormatLithograph
Physical descriptionColoured lithograph on paper
Dimensions380mm x 263mm
Access statusOpen
ProvenanceFrom volume formerly owned by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, bound as item 15, since disbound for framing
Related materialAlan H Sykes 'The Doctors in Vanity Fair' 1995, page 23. Colour transparency, Box N101, IM/003706
Related records in the catalogueIM/003706
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6410Quain; Sir; Richard (1816 - 1898)1816 - 1898
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