Vanity Fair Collection

Purchase details

Prints are owned by The Vanity Fair Collection and will be dispatched to you directly from their archives.

The Vanity Fair Collection have generously offered a substantial percentage of all proceeds to the Royal Academy of Music. These sums will directly support the Academy’s core educational activities (Registered Charity no.310007).

Price per printIncluding handling, packing, recorded Royal Mail UK delivery and VAT:Henry Wood (402 1907 SPY): £98 eachArthur Sullivan (396 1874 APE): £98 eachAll other prints: £49 each

Additional cost for international air despatch: £10 per order.

Discounts for multiple £49 prints (excluding Wood and Sullivan):Any 4 prints: £170 (saving £26)Any 6 prints: £255 (saving £39)Larger Print Collections are available by quotation on request.

How to orderOnline: www.ram.ac.uk/vanity-fair at any timeBy telephone: from the Academy’s Box Office 020 7873 7300 (10am–midday and 2–4pm, Monday to Friday, term-times only)

Any additional donation you choose to make will go in full to the Royal Academy of Music.

All original Antique Prints from The Vanity Fair Collection are subject to availability.

Your order will normally be mailed by Royal Mail Recorded Delivery within five working days and will be wrapped in conservation-grade tissue paper, packaged in a rigid cardboard tube.

Produced in collaboration with The Vanity Fair Collection by the Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT.

Ref. Year ArtistArditi, Luigi Il Bacio 362 1885 APEBarnby, Sir Joseph Albert Hall 363 1894 SPYBenedict, Sir Julius Sweet Sounds 364 1873 SPYBridge, Sir John Frederick, M.V.O., MUS. DOC. Westminster Bridge 365 1904 SPYCosta, Sir Michael Orchestration 366 1872 UnsignedEdinburgh, H.R.H.The Duke Of First Violin 369 1874 APEFaber, Mr. George Denison Ex Opera B79 1900 STUFFFitz Gerald, Lord Gerald A Wandering Minstrel 370 1883 UnsignedGodfrey, Lieutenant and Bandmaster Daniel Dan Godfrey 371 1888 SPYGounod, Mr. Francois Emotional Music 372 1879 T Grain, Mr. Comey Corney Grain 373 1885 SPYGrove, Sir George G 374 1891 SPYHambourg, Mr. Mark Impromptu 376 1908 SPYHibbert, Mr. Washington A Londoner 1011 1873 UnsignedHiggins, Mr. Henry Vincent Grand Opera 463 1898 SPYHollman, Mr. Joseph A Great Cellist 377 1897 CGJoachim, Dr. Joseph The Last Of A Classic 378 1905 SPYKubelik, Jan Kubelik 379 1903 SPYLara, Mr. Isidore De A Great English Composer 1041 1908 UnsignedLiszt, The Abbe The Abbe 389 1886 SPYLloyd, Mr. Edward English Tenor 380 1892 LIBLumley, Mr. Augustus Savile Cotillion 446 1874 APEMackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell, MUS, DOC., LL.D., D.C.L. R.A.M. 382 1904 SPYManns, Mr. August Crystal Palace 386 1895 SPYMascagni, Signor Pietro Cavalleria Rusticana 383 1893 LIBMascagni, Signor P. The Intermezzo 384 1912 WHMaurel, M. Victor A Fine Baritone 381 1898 SPYMoody, Mr. D.L. Prayer & Praise 387 1875 APEMuck, Dr. Carl Wagnerian Opera 385 1899 WAGNikisch, Arthur Nikisch 388 1913 OWLReeves, Mr. John Sirns The English Tenor 391 1890 SPYReszke, M. Jean De Polish Tenor 367 1891 SPYRoze, Raymond Opera in English 1042 1913 ASTSankey, Mr. Ira D. Praise & Prayer 393 1875 APESantley, Mr. Charles Student & Singer 395 1902 SPYSarasate, Senor Pablo Martin Meliton Sarasate 394 1889 APEScott-Gatty, Sir Alfred The Minstrel Boy 500A 1904 SPYStainer, Sir John Oxford Music 397 1891 SPYStanford, Sir Charles He Found Harmony 402A 1905 SPYStrauss, Herr Eduard Eduard Strauss 398 1895 EBNSullivan, Mr. Arthur English Music (PREMIUM RATE) 396 1874 APETosti, Signor Paolo For Ever and Ever 399 1885 APEWood, Mr. Henry J. Queen’s Hall (PREMIUM RATE) 402 1907 SPY

Vanity Fair was an English magazine published weekly in London between 1868 and 1914 and considered to be the literary and social voice of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. From 1869, each issue featured a noteworthy national or international personality as a caricature, which was accompanied by a witty and sometimes biting biographical sketch.

When the magazine folded, the numerous over run prints from back issues were purchased by an American collector, who disposed of enough of the less desirable caricatures to ensure the value of the remaining prints. These prints have changed hands twice since then but remain an intact collection of unique scope and stature.

Some 50 eminent musicians were included in Vanity Fair for their contributions to composition, performance and the Royal Academy of Music itself. The high social standing of musicians, particularly within the London elite, is reflected in the considerable number of celebrated musicians featured in Vanity Fair.

The caricatures by Spy and others often poked gentle and sometimes waspish fun at their subjects; Vanity Fair was not overawed by greatness. There is no doubt that the famous caricatures — by great artists of the day including Sir Leslie Ward, who studied at Eton and then the Royal Academyof Arts and published under the pen name Spy — will remain as sought after and highly regarded in the future, as in the past and present.

Through the Royal Academy of Music, this is a unique opportunity to acquire a single print or collections of them and support the tireless work of the Academy in supporting young musicians to fulfil their potential.

Each of these original prints will be despatched together with a facsimile copy of the relevant biographical sketch.

You can view a copy of each image, and place your order, at www.ram.ac.uk/vanity-fair

Catalogue The Antique Prints of Musical Greats in Vanity Fair

Sullivan Mr Joseph Hollman Strauss