If you're looking for caricatures from the 19th century, you can't miss "Ape". Behind the pseudonym (Ape = Italian for bee) is the Italian artist Carlo Pellegrini. He came from a noble family that had connections to the Italian Medici - the influential Italian dynasty of Florence. This also led to Pellegrini meeting Albert Edward, later King Edward VII, at a young age. Such prominent contacts also ensured that the Italian eventually moved to London, where he was accepted into the circles of Victorian high society as an artist.
There he met the most diverse well-known and prominent personalities. Among them was Gibson Bowles, the founder of the British Vanity Fair. The first issue of Vanity Fair was published in London in 1868. The subtitle of the paper was "A Weekly Show of Political, Social and Literary Wares". The aim of the paper, founded by Thommy Bowles, was to expose scandals in society in addition to articles on fashion, current events, art, literature and theater. Bowles recognized Pellegrini's talent. He was a unique cartoonist. For this, the people he portrayed did not have to sit for long as models for him. Generally, it was enough for him to observe his "victim" for a few days. He memorized their poses and facial expressions and sketched excellent likenesses with only the mental image in mind. Bowles then commissioned him to draw a caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The chromolithograph, soon published there, was immediately successful and established Pellegrini's reputation both at home and abroad. His second portrait of William Gladstone, appeared just a week later. Every issue of Vanity Fair from then on featured a large color, original lithographic portrait of a political or contemporary figure. One of the most famous is that of British writer Thomas Carlyle. Caricatures were made in the magazine with wit, but also in a good-natured and gentle manner. This even became known as "Vanity Fair Style".
Ape quickly became one of Vanity Fair's most sought-after artists, along with Sir Leslie Ward ("Spy"). He continued to refine his already elegant style. His bohemian personality also made him famous. Quite an artist, he appeared extravagant, lived out his homosexuality and was somewhat eccentric. At the same time he never lost his strong Italian accent. A colorful bird in the strict Victorian society. He became friends with many of the most important artists of the 19th century. Among them were James McNeill Whistler and Edgar Degas, who even painted a portrait to commemorate their friendship. Pellegrini drew for Vanity Fair until his death.
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.jpg "The Right Hon Lord Sandhurst, Military Advice, 30 May 1874, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, La Reyne le veult, 1 July 1871 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1436579).jpg "The Poet Laureate, Lord A. Tennyson (Vanity Fair series) by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Bishop of Oxford, Not a Brawler, 24 July 1869 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Count Rudolph Apponyi by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Tobogganers at Davos, Switzerland by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Wharncliffe, Conservative Conversion, 14 August 1875, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Godolphin Osborne by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Albert Grant MP; Leicester Square; 21 February 1874; Vanity Fair; cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Hon Oliver Montagu by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1435426).jpg "Oscar, Oscar Wilde (Vanity Fair series) by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Lytton by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1106315).jpg "Figure Skating Trilogy by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr James Lloyd Ashbury by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Edward James Reed by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1113967).jpg "Lone Man Skating by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, British barrister, politician and civil servant, 1871 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Rev Edward Bouverie Pusey by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Anthony Trollope, A novelist, 5 April 1873, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Anglesey by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Oscar Wilde, Oscar, 24 May 1884, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1017199).jpg "His Excellency Musurus Bey by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Frederick George Milner by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Arthur Sullivan by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Henry Irving by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Rev Henry White, Prayers, 26 December 1874, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr. Charles Mark Palmer by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr William Henry Houldsworth by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Percy Florence Shelley by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon E Strathearn Gordon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Philip-Henry Stanhope Stanhope, A Noble Writer, 23 May 1874, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Rev John Charles Ryle, Bishop of Liverpool, Liverpool, 26 March 1881, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Earl Spencer, The Messenger of Peace, 2 July 1870, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "R M Milnes, Lord Houghton by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Allen Young, Alleno, 15 December 1877, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Two Skiers, 1909 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Egerton of Tatton by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Vanity Fair: Shipping Officials;")
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.jpg "His Grace the Duke of Wellington, The Iron Duke")
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.jpg "Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Charles Lennox Wyke, The Baron, 9 February 1884, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr George Augustus Sala, Journalism, 25 September 1875, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Henry George Liddell, British Scholar by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Colonel The Hon Frederick Arthur Wellesley, Promotion by merit, 25 May 1878, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Arthur Orton, claiming to be Sir Roger Tichborne by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Matthew Webb, Swam the Channel, 9 October 1875, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Duke of Sutherland, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Henry Chaplin by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon David Plunket by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Clonmell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-935384).jpg "The Right Honourable William Monsell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Markham Spofforth, He invented the Conservative Working Man, 20 March 1880, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Queen Wills It by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon R A Cross by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Skelmersdale by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Colonel Francis Charles Charles Hughes-Hallett by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Thomas Bazley by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Duke of Argyll by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "His excellency the Right Honourable Sir Edward Thornton by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Merchant Taylors, Reverend James Augustus Hessey, 1874 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lyon Playfair, Scottish Chemist, Politician and Administrator, 1875 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Rowland Winn, The lash, 29 August 1874, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Statesman No.15 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Stanley, He speaks with one party and acts with the other, 26 June 1869, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "General Robert Cumming Schenck, USA, 23 January 1875, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Thomas Huxley by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "James Mackenzie of Kintail by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr William Ewart Gladstone by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-Colonel Charles George Gordon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Charles Russell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Major-General Sir Charles Warren, Bechuanaland, 6 February 1886, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Colonel Francis Duncan by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Westbury, An eminent Christian man, 15 May 1869, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Wilfrid Scawen Blunt by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Rev Charles Spurgeon, Noone has succeeded like him in sketching the comic side of repentance and regeneration, 17 July 1880, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr George Hammond Whalley, The Great Believer in Roman Catholicism, 18 February 1871, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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