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Original July 16, 1870 Vanity Fair caricature featuring Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Marquis of Westminster, titled “The Richest Man in England” and illustrated by Carlo Pellegrini, known as “Ape.”
Grosvenor was one of the wealthiest landowners in Victorian Britain. He later became the 1st Duke of Westminster in 1874.
This original chromolithograph is an excellent example of Victorian political and social caricature and features the distinctive artwork for which Vanity Fair prints are known.
A strong collectible for Vanity Fair collectors, Victorian art enthusiasts, British aristocratic history collectors, antique print collectors and 19th-century ephemera enthusiasts.
This is an original period print, not a modern reproduction.
The actual original print shown in the photographs is the item being offered.