Colour caricature from Vanity Fair, 1869: a bearded man in a red fez holds a small figure on his lap, with a raised bell above and a hookah at lower left.

Vanity Fair caricature: Sovereigns, No. 5 (1869)

A colour caricature from Vanity Fair's 'Sovereigns, No. 5' page, dated 30 October 1869, shows a bearded man in a red fez and embroidered dark coat seated with a small figure on his lap. A uniformed arm raises a large bell above, and a hookah sits at lower left.

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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