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'Davie' — David Jardine Jardine by Leslie Ward
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Men of the Day: The Vanity Fair Caricatures

'Davie' — David Jardine Jardine

Leslie Ward · Vanity Fair supplement, 22 April 1908. Chromolithograph by Leslie Ward ('Spy').

Ward's plate nicknames this Scottish landowner and Lockerbie notable simply 'Davie', the diminutive used familiarly. The full caption below reads David Jardine Jardine. The figure is rendered in impeccable race-day dress: black frock coat, pinstripe trousers, white gloves, top hat, and a leather field-glass strap crossing his chest — the complete uniform of the prosperous British sporting gentleman circa 1908. A cane dangles from one hand. Ward's caricature is restrained; the rosy, mustachioed face carries a mild self-satisfaction. The joke, such as it is, is purely social: a well-heeled Scot dressed with correctness, binoculars ready, entirely at home on the turf.

About this artifact

Creator
Leslie Ward
Date
Vanity Fair supplement, 22 April 1908. Chromolithograph by Leslie Ward ('Spy').
Rights
Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
Restoration
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