'He has devoted his life to husbandry, and has nine children'

Leslie Ward ('Spy') renders an unnamed gentleman of the agricultural or scientific establishment in the characteristically elongated Vanity Fair idiom: legs exaggerated, torso compressed, head enlarged to spotlight the subject's defining features. Here those features are a magnificent blonde-white walrus moustache, ruddy complexion, and the easy wide-legged stance of a man accustomed to open land rather than Westminster lobbies. He wears a well-cut dark frock suit, white pocket square, and black tie — prosperous but unpretentious. The caption anchors the joke: nine children confirm that his devotion to 'husbandry' extends beyond the fields. A small crown device at upper right signals aristocratic or landed rank. No ethnic caricature is present; the humour is purely domestic and agrarian.