Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 'The Lord Mayor'

Plate No. 210 in the Men of the Day series, this chromolithograph by Adriano Cecioni—an Italian sculptor and caricaturist who contributed to Vanity Fair before Spy dominated the series—portrays Sir Sydney Waterlow, Lord Mayor of London, in profile facing left. The figure is rendered in the magazine's signature mode: a large, exaggerated head atop a diminished body, here dressed in a black frock coat with a boutonnière, grey trousers, and polished shoes, umbrella planted before him like a walking stick. Waterlow's reddish-brown mutton-chop beard and prominent nose carry the mild physical exaggeration typical of the series—affectionate rather than savage, reflecting Waterlow's standing as a respectable Liberal philanthropist and City magnate, not a figure inviting political attack.