Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden (1851-1934) colonial administrator: “Basutoland”

Sir Leslie Matthew ("Spy") Ward (1851 - 1922)

Lithograph

22 August 1901

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection


  • About the artist
    Leslie Ward was born into a family of painters. His mother and father were historical genre painters Edward Matthew Ward and Henrietta Ward. He was educated at Eton and then entered the studio of architect Sydney Smirke. However, he abandoned his architectural training to become apprenticed to W. P. Frith. In 1873 J. E. Millais sent some of his drawings to Thomas Gibson Bowles, founder and owner of ‘Vanity Fair’. Bowles immediately hired Ward, whose first ‘Vanity Fair’ caricature appeared in 1873 under the ‘nom de crayon’ Spy. Ward also painted portraits and made architectural drawings, exhibiting his work at the Royal Academy and Grosvenor Gallery. He was knighted in 1918. Ward died in 1922 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
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    People
    Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden (1851 - 1934)
    Places
    Subjects
    smoking pipe, male portrait, 20th century costume, walking stick
    Materials & Techniques
    lithograph
  • Details
    Artist
    Sir Leslie Matthew ("Spy") Ward (1851 - 1922)
    Title
    Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden (1851-1934) colonial administrator: “Basutoland”
    Date
    22 August 1901
    Medium
    Lithograph
    Acquisition
    Presented by Stanley Jackson, July 1986
    GAC number
    16564