Bidspirit auction | Spy, Two Chromolithographs for Vanity

Spy, Two Chromolithographs for Vanity Fair, Featuring The Best Shot in England - A pair of chromolithograph caricatures by the artist Spy, published by Vanity Fair, presented in a single decorative wooden frame. The larger print, positioned on the left, depicts Earl de Grey (later 2nd Marquess of Ripon) in traditional hunting attire with a shotgun, titled The Best Shot in England. This print features the publication title VANITY FAIR and the date Feb. 15 1890 at the top left, a crown crest at the top centre, the printed signature Spy at the lower right of the image, and the lithographer's mark Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. at the bottom right. The smaller print on the right also depicts a man in sporting dress and is marked VANITY FAIR Supplement in the left margin and bears the printed signature Spy at the lower right of the image. Both prints are set within a double-aperture cream-coloured mount. The dark-stained wooden frame is decorated with a deep-relief cable or rope-twist moulding.