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 14¹⁄₄ in. (43.2 x 36.2 cm.) framed
Executed circa 1892 for Vanity Fair's Men of the Day, published 16 January 1892.

Given to Lord Snowdon by Bernard Hollowood (1910-1981), Editor of Punch, August 1962.

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