Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'In the Clouds'

1904 · Views & Engravings

Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'In the Clouds'

Name: Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'In the Clouds'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13223-6
Price: 180 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1904
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 39.3 × 26.4 cm (15.5 × 10.4 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning, minor wear. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Reference: BG-13223-6

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A Vanity Fair caricature titled "In the Clouds", published in December 1904, showing Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, the American-born inventor best known for the Maxim machine gun. The sheet is a chromolithograph signed with the "Spy" monogram and printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.

Maxim stands at full length on a bare floor in a dark pinstriped suit with a white pocket handkerchief. His white hair and beard frame a ruddy face, and he cups one hand to his ear as if straining to hear. Behind him looms a large rounded form in pale blue and pink with dark spots, and fine lines drawn from above, a visual allusion to his work on flight that fits the caption. The Vanity Fair masthead and date appear at the top of the sheet.

Maxim, an inventor who made his career in Britain, was one of many Americans who appear in the magazine's weekly series of caricatures of well-known figures.

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