Vanity Fair caricature: He might have been a King (1871)
A colored Vanity Fair caricature dated September 2, 1871, shows a white-haired, bespectacled man with a large white mustache and purple bow tie. He sits on a dark chair in a dark jacket, white waistcoat and pale trousers, and the caption beneath reads He might have been a King.
- Artist
- James Tissot
- Date
- Medium
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
- Size
- 2009 × 3200 px
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.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): James Tissot, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)