Ward, Leslie

"A Railway Commissioner": Sir Frederick Peel (Men of the Day, no. 902) -- Vanity Fair, Dec. 17, 1903

London: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. 1903. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy," without the leaf of biographical text. Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), English caricaturist and portrait painter, signed his works 'Spy.' Sir Frederick Peel (1823-1906), second son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, was first elected to Parliament in 1849 for Leominster; later he represented Bury. He was appointed to the Railway and Canal Commission at its establishemnet in 1873 and remained a commissioner until his death. In Very Good Condition: closed 1-cm. tear from upper edge and same from right-hand edge; clean and bright. Very Good. Item #004962

Price: $25.00