George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) politician, traveller and Viceroy of India

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Whitehall

Leslie Ward was born into a family of painters. His mother and father were historical genre painters Edward Matthew Ward and Henrietta Ward. He was educated at Eton and then entered the studio of architect Sydney Smirke. However, he abandoned his architectural training to become apprenticed to W. P. Frith. In 1873 J. E. Millais sent some of his drawings to Thomas Gibson Bowles, founder and owner of ‘Vanity Fair’. Bowles immediately hired Ward, whose first ‘Vanity Fair’ caricature appeared in 1873 under the ‘nom de crayon’ Spy. Ward also painted portraits and made architectural drawings, exhibiting his work at the Royal Academy and Grosvenor Gallery. He was knighted in 1918. Ward died in 1922 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

People

George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Curzon (1859 - 1925)

Places

Subjects

travel & tourism, male portrait, 19th century costume, Marquess, Viceroy of India, Member of Parliament

Materials & Techniques

lithograph, colour lithograph

Artist

Sir Leslie Matthew ("Spy") Ward (1851 - 1922)

Title

George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) politician, traveller and Viceroy of India

Date

published 18 June 1892

Medium

Colour lithograph

Dimensions

height: 39.30 cm, width: 27.00 cm

Acquisition

acquired by Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, at unknown date

Inscription

in plate, br: Spy ; below image: Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, 1919-1924.

Provenance

acquired by Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London

GAC number

18366