Vanity Fair caricature of a bearded man in a top hat and dark overcoat, hands on hips, standing against a pale background, 1872.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Vanity Fair Statesmen No. 128

A full-length caricature of a bearded man in a tall silk top hat and dark overcoat, hands on his hips, standing against a pale background. The watercolor and ink style, with exaggerated proportions, marks it as a magazine caricature captioned 'Statesmen, No. 128' and 'Newcastle-on-Tyne'.

Artist: James Tissot
Date: 1872
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Size: 1200 × 1883 px

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Public domain · James Tissot died 1902 and the work dates by 1872; 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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