William Henry Waddington

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Artist/Maker	Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (printers)
Place of origin	Britain (printed)

Lithograph caricature for Vanity Fair entitled 'France at the Congress', depicting William Henry Waddington. Signed with the initial 'T', and lettered 'Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith. Septr. 28 1878.'

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Categories	Prints Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type	Lithograph
Titles	William Henry Waddington (generic title) France at the Congress (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithography Paper Lithography
Brief description	Lithograph caricature for Vanity Fair entitled 'France at the Congress', depicting William Henry Waddington. Published in Britain, 1878.
Physical description	Lithograph caricature for Vanity Fair entitled 'France at the Congress', depicting William Henry Waddington. Signed with the initial 'T', and lettered 'Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith. Septr. 28 1878.'
Dimensions	Height: 31cm Width: 18.3cm Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history	W. H. Waddington (1826 1894) was a French statesman whose numerous posts included Plenipotentiary at the Berlin Congress, 1878. He studied antiquities, and travelled in Asia Minor, Syria and Cyprus.
Subjects depicted	Caricatures Cartoons Portraits Statesmen Moustaches Facial Hair
Bibliographic reference	Vanity Fair, a very successful Society magazine, was founded in 1868 by Thomas Gibson Bowles, and first appeared in 1869. It was published weekly, and included news and Society columns, reviews, serialised novels, word games, advertisements, and caricatures.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.611

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1105679/william-henry-waddington-lithograph-vincent-brooks-day/

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