George FitzRoy Henry Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan (1857–1921), by Leslie Ward ('Spy'), published in Vanity Fair, 14 February 1901
Leslie Ward · Chromolithograph after pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 36.8 × 26.7 cm; signed lower left 'Spy'; published 14 February 1901
Ward presents the 3rd Baron Raglan—then Under-Secretary for War—as a figure of relaxed Edwardian authority: full-length, three-quarter view, pipe clenched beneath a walrus moustache, one hand pocketed, the other raised to his chin. The brown lounge suit and cuffed trousers signal a deliberately informal, modern-gentleman affect rather than aristocratic stiffness. No caption is visible in this example. The caricature's exaggerations are mild—a slightly bulbous nose, oversized torso tapering to neat patent shoes—typical of Spy's genial treatment of establishment figures he considered safe rather than scandalous. Raglan held his War Office post during the opening months of the Second Boer War, lending the portrait quiet political weight.
About this artifact
- Creator
- Leslie Ward
- Date
- Chromolithograph after pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 36.8 × 26.7 cm; signed lower left 'Spy'; published 14 February 1901
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- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
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