Sir Richard Henn Collins: Smith’s Leading Cases

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

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

Richard Henn, Baron Collins Collins (1842 - 1911)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, Irish, 19th century costume, judge, Master of the Rolls

Materials & Techniques

chromolithograph

Artist

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

Title

Sir Richard Henn Collins: Smith’s Leading Cases

Series Title

Vanity Fair Cartoons

Date

14 January 1893

Medium

Chromolithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from Suckling & Co., August 1970

GAC number

8994