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(88) The Rt. Hon. Henry Austin Bruce, 1869.
Published in Vanity Fair (London), August 21, 1869 as Statesmen #29.
Black and white charcoal.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-07515 (88)
Henry Austin Bruce, later Lord Aberdare, became Home Secretary in William Gladstone's cabinet in 1869. Vanity Fair published this image that year, with the comment "He has gained credit by converting himself to the Ballot: he would gain greater credit by converting himself to an ex-secretary of State for the Home Department." Carlo Pellegrini (1839-1889), a popular and prosperous portrait artist who signed his drawings "Ape," left his native Italy and joined the staff of London's Vanity Fair, where he worked intermittently, from 1869 until his death. |