Lot 26
Lot 26
A GIFT FROM BERNARD HOLLOWOOD, EDITOR OF PUNCH:Sir Leslie Matthew Ward "Spy" (1851-1922)

Portrait of Linley Sambourne "Sammy", "Men of the Day. No. 528", 1892

Price Realised GBP 1,875
Estimate
GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800
Closed: 24 Sep 2020
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A GIFT FROM BERNARD HOLLOWOOD, EDITOR OF PUNCH:Sir Leslie Matthew Ward "Spy" (1851-1922)

Portrait of Linley Sambourne "Sammy", "Men of the Day. No. 528", 1892

Price Realised GBP 1,875
Closed: 24 Sep 2020
Price Realised GBP 1,875
Closed: 24 Sep 2020
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A GIFT FROM BERNARD HOLLOWOOD, EDITOR OF PUNCH:
Sir Leslie Matthew Ward "Spy" (1851-1922)
Portrait of Linley Sambourne "Sammy", "Men of the Day. No. 528", 1892
signed 'SPY' (lower right), inscribed 'GIVEN BY BERNARD HOLLOWOOD/ EDITOR OF PUNCH/ TO TONY. AUGUST 1962' on label to reverse
pencil, ink, watercolour and bodycolour on light blue paper
17 x 1414 in. (43.2 x 36.2 cm.) framed
Executed circa 1892 for Vanity Fair's Men of the Day, published 16 January 1892.
Provenance
Given to Lord Snowdon by Bernard Hollowood (1910-1981), Editor of Punch, August 1962.
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