Wellington Henry Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere — 'Horses'

Ward's chromolithograph presents the 2nd Viscount Combermere in three-quarter profile: a portly, ruddy-faced aristocrat in an olive-tan lounge suit, black top hat, and brown gloves, leaning lightly on a walking stick. His extravagant white curling beard and mutton-chop whiskers are the caricaturist's chief weapon—they overwhelm the face and suggest a man of grand but fading Victorian breed. The caption 'Horses' places him squarely in the world of the turf and the stable rather than the Lords. The crown device upper-right signals his peerage. Ward's signature 'Spy' appears lower left. The satire is purely social—a wealthy, beef-faced peer whose passion for horseflesh defines him more reliably than any political conviction.