RefNo | VF/20 |
AltRefNo | VF20 |
Level | Item |
Title | Portrait of Sir Edwin Ray Lankester by Sir Leslie Ward |
Artist | Ward, Leslie ['Spy'] |
Vincent Brooks Day & Son |
Date | 12 January 1905 |
Description | Vanity Fair cartoon titled 'His religion is the worship of all sorts of winged and finny freaks' featuring Sir Edwin Ray Lankester regarding two stuffed exotic birds on a perch standing on a table against which is leaning a preserved fish. Full length, left profile. Number 946 of the 'Men of the Day' series. |
InscriptionContent | Recto inscription: 'VANITY FAIR Supplement/ Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd, lith/ 'His religion is the worship of all sorts of winged and finny freaks'/ Jehu Junior' |
ObjectName | Lithograph |
PhysicalDescription | Coloured lithograph on paper |
Dimensions | 380mm x 263mm |
AccessStatus | Open |
Copyright | The Royal Society |
Provenance | From volume formerly owned by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, bound as item 12, since disbound for framing |
RelatedMaterial | Colour transparency, Box N101. IM/002628. |
RelatedRecord | IM/002628 |
Copies | 1 colour reproduction, Box 3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8247 | Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929); zoologist | 1847 - 1929 |