APE, pseudonym of Carlo Pellegrini, Italian, 1839 to 1889, four chromo lithograph on paper depicting caricature portraits published in Vanity Fair on 30 January 1869. Titled in the print, Statesmen No 1 The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli; Statesmen No 3 Lord Hatherley Lord High Chancellor; Statesmen No 25 The Bishop of Oxford; The Right Honourable Sir Alexander J. E. Cockburn, Bart, lower to the center and on the back. Published by Vincent Brooks Day and Son, Ltd. The first caricature to appear in the magazine's fifty-year history. As such it is a landmark work in the history of Victorian graphic satire. The society magazine Vanity Fair was founded in 1868 and introduced a distinctive type of satirical portraiture new to British journalism. Appearing every week, these caricatures were reproduced by the revolutionary new process of chromolithography and included many of the best-known personalities of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Carlo Pellegrini, who did much of his work under the pseudonym of Ape, was an Italian artist who served from 1869 to 1889 as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine, a leading journal of London society. Antique Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.

Dimensions: Average Framed 18 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. All measurements are approximate.