Colored Vanity Fair caricature of a seated older man with white curly hair, dark coat and grey trousers, hands clasped on a yellow padded bench.

A Commissioner - Vanity Fair Statesmen No. 92

A seated elderly man with voluminous white curly hair wears a dark double-breasted coat, grey trousers and black shoes, his hands clasped over one knee on a padded yellow bench. This colored caricature in Vanity Fair style is captioned A Commissioner and labeled Statesmen No. 92, dated September 9, 1871, with a loose, sketchy, lithographic finish.

Artist: James Tissot
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Size: 1990 × 3200 px

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Public domain · James Tissot died 1902 and the work is undated, so made by the creator's death in 1902; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): James Tissot, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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