List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1868–1869)

>> List of Vanity Fair caricatures (1870–1874)

The following is from a list of caricatures published 1868–69 by the British magazine Vanity Fair (1868–1914).

Publication Date	Subject	Caption	Caricaturist	Notes	Pic.
1869-01-30	B. Disraeli	He educated the Tories and dished the Whigs to pass Reform, but to have become what he is from what he was is the greatest Reform of all	Singe	S 001
1869-02-06	W. E. Gladstone	Were he a worse man, he would be a better statesman	Singe	S 002
1869-02-13	J. Bright	Will the sentimental orator be lost in the practical Minister, or will both be extinguished?	Ape	S 003
1869-02-20	Mrs	I felt very uncomfortable	Ape	Pe 1; late Mother Superior of the Convent at Hull
1869-02-27	Robert Lowe	An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England [sic].	Ape	S 004
1869-03-06	W. E. Forster	If he is not an advanced liberal, it is for want of advancing himself	Ape	S 005
1869-03-13	Earl Granville	The ablest professor in the cabinet of the tact by which power is kept: it is his mission to counteract the talk by which it is won and lost	Ape	S 006
1869-03-20	The Lord Chancellor	When he who has too little piety is impossible, and he who has too much is impracticable; he who has equal piety and ability becomes Lord Chancellor	Ape	S 007
1869-03-27	The Marquess of Hartington	His ability and industry would deserve respect even in a man; in a Marquis they command admiration	Ape	S 008
1869-04-03	E. Cardwell	If the State is happy that has no history, thrice happy is the Statesman who makes none	Ape	S 009
1869-04-10	James Stansfeld	Pour encourager les autres	Ape	S 010
1869-04-17	The Duke of Argyll	God bless the Duke of Argyll	Ape	S 011
1869-04-24	The Earl of Clarendon	To say that he is the best foreign minister in the country is not much as foreign ministers go; but as times go it is a great deal	Ape	S 012
1869-05-01	Viscount Sydney	He received the Royal Commands and lengthened the skirts of the Ballet	Ape	S 013
1869-05-08	Earl Grey	A privileged person	Ape	S 014
1869-05-15	Lord Westbury	An eminent Christian man	Ape	S 015
1869-05-22	Earl de Grey and Ripon	Qualis ab inepto	Ape	S 016
1869-05-29	The Earl of Derby	It is his mission to stem the tide of democracy	Ape	S 017
1869-06-05	Earl Russell	The greatest liberal statesman of modern times	Ape	S 018
1869-06-12	G. J. Goschen	The Theory of Foreign Exchanges	Ape	S 019
1869-06-19	H. C. E. Childers	A returned colonist	Ape	S 020
1869-06-26	Lord Stanley	He speaks with one party and acts with the other	Ape	S 021
1869-07-03	The Bishop of Peterborough	If eloquence could justify injustice, he would have saved the Irish Church	Ape	S 022
1869-07-10	The Marquess of Salisbury	He is too honest a Tory for his party and his time	Ape	S 023
1869-07-17	The Earl of Kimberley	He improves, if possible, but he accepts always the accomplished fact	Ape	S 024
1869-07-24	The Bishop of Oxford	Not a brawler	Ape	S 025
1869-07-31	Lord Cairns	When Birth cannot lead Brains must	Ape	S 026
1869-08-07	The Duke of Somerset	Proud and sincere, yet liberal and just, he refused to serve under the most humble of Premiers	Ape	S 027
1869-08-14	C. S. Fortescue	He married Lady Waldegrave and governed Ireland	Ape	S 028
1869-08-21	H. A. Bruce	He has gained credit by converting himself to the Ballot; he would gain greater credit by converting himself into an ex-secretary of State for the Home Department	Ape	S 029
1869-08-28	A. H. Layard	He combines the love of truth and art with equal devotion and success	Ape	S 030
1869-09-04	Napoleon III	La regime parlementaire	Coïdé	So 01
1869-09-11	The Earl of Carnarvon	The whole life of that great party to which I thought I had the honour to belong was nothing but a mere organised hypocrisy	Ape	S 031
1869-09-18	Isabella II of Spain	She has throughout her life been betrayed by those who should have been most faithful to her	Coïdé	So 02
1869-09-25	The Duke of Abercorn	Promoted from a Viceroyalty to a Dukedom	Ape	S 032
1869-10-02	Mr M. E. Grant Duff MP	A philosophic liberal	Ape	S 033
1869-10-09	Leopold II of the Belgians	Un roi constitutionnel	Coïdé	So 03
1869-10-16	Alexander II of Russia	La civilisation Russe	Coïdé	So 04
1869-10-23	Mr A. S. Ayrton MP	Mind and Morality	Ape	S 034
1869-10-30	Sultan Abdul Aziz of Turkey	Ote-toi de la que je m'y mette	Coïdé	So 05
1869-11-06	Frederick Temple D.D.	He has displayed ability in the free handling of religious subjects, and has nevertheless been made a Bishop	Coïdé	M 0001
1869-11-13	The Earl of Shaftesbury	He is not as other men are, for he is never influenced by party motives	Ape	S 035
1869-11-20	Lord J. J. R. Manners MP	Let arts and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility	Ape	S 036
1869-11-27	Le Viscomte de Lesseps	He suppressed an isthmus	Coïdé	M 0002
1869-12-04	The Earl of Zetland	The Most Worshipful Grand Master	Coïdé	S 037
1869-12-11	Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet	The Lord Chief Justice of England	Ape	J 01
1869-12-18	Lord Penzance	A Judge and Peer	Ape	J 02
1869-12-25	The Archbishop of Canterbury	An earnest and liberal primate	Coïdé	S 038

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