Colour caricature of a bearded man in a dark coat seated on a stone bench beside a top hat, from Vanity Fair, 1869.

Men of the Day No. 1: Vanity Fair caricature, 1869

A full-length Vanity Fair caricature in colour lithograph on a cream ground shows a bearded man with swept-back hair, in a dark frock coat and white cravat, seated casually on a stone bench beside a black top hat. The printed page carries the Men of the Day caption from the 6 November 1869 issue, page 260.

Artist: James Tissot
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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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