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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-299313).jpg "Count Gleichen (Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) 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 "The Rev Henry White, Prayers, 26 December 1874, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Hon Oliver Montagu by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1017199).jpg "His Excellency Musurus Bey by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Bath by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Arthur Orton, claiming to be Sir Roger Tichborne by Carlo Pellegrini")
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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 "The Bishop of Oxford, Not a Brawler, 24 July 1869 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "M Jean Baptists Leon Say, President No 3, 4 December 1880, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Tobogganers at Davos, Switzerland 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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.jpg "The Right Honourable Edward Cardwell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieut-General Sir Arnold Burrows Kemball by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Edward Birkbeck 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 "Mr Henry Du Pre Labouchere, Modest assurance, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Baron de Staal by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Cool of the Evening, Lord Houghton, English poet and politician, 1870 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Edward James Reed by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Captain Arthur Smith, Doggie, 6 December 1884, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1106315).jpg "Figure Skating Trilogy by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Anglesey by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1107439).jpg "Canadian Winter Sports, Montreal by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Westminster, The richest man in England, 16 July 1870, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Signor Paolo Tosti, For Ever and For Ever, 14 November 1885, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Reverend Hugh Reginald Howeis by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1122900).jpg "Skiers at Adelboden 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 "Sir Charles Wood, Lord Halifax by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-998333).jpg "The Duke of Marlborough 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 "Sir Charles Lennox Wyke, The Baron, 9 February 1884, Vanity Fair Cartoon 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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.jpg "Lord Richard Lyons by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Rev A H Mackonochie by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "His Grace the Duke of Wellington, The Iron Duke")
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.jpg "Mr Anthony Trollope, A novelist, 5 April 1873, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "R M Milnes, Lord Houghton by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "General Lucan, The Earl of Lucan by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Godolphin Osborne by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon W E Forster by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr. Opfer of Blowitz by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Colonel Francis Charles Charles Hughes-Hallett 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 "Two Skiers, 1909 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Prince of Wales by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Colonel Lewis Guy Phillips, Grenadier Guards by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Henry George Liddell, British Scholar by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Duke of Bedford by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Earl Grey by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Hon Oliver George Paulett Montagu by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Percy Florence Shelley by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir James Corry by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Colonel Edward J Saunderson, Irish Loyalty, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "General Viscount Templetown, Upty, 18 August 1888, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon William Monsell 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1113967).jpg "Lone Man Skating by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Barrington by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Vanity Fair: Yachting Devotees;")
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.jpg "Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Lorn 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 Markham Spofforth, He invented the Conservative Working Man, 20 March 1880, 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 "Statesman No.15 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-General Valentine Baker by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Charles Russell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Tweddale, A Peninsular Veteran, 8 January 1876, Vanity Fair cartoon 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 "Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, British barrister, politician and civil servant, 1871 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon Joseph Warner Henley by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "General Sir Thomas Montagu Steele, Aldershot, 20 July 1878, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Henry Mesey Meysey-Thompson by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Desart by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Senor Pablo Martin Meliton Sarasate, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr. Michael Thomas Bass by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1106326).jpg "The Four-man Toboggan by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Charles Henry Wilson, Hull, 21 February 1885, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Lytton by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr William Henry Houldsworth by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1122774).jpg "Walking in the Mountains near Engelberg, Switzerland by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1122899).jpg "A Helping Hand by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-Colonel John Palmer Brabazon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Rivers Wilson, Egyptian Finance, 9 November 1878, Vanity Fair Cartoon 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 James Lloyd Ashbury by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Arthur Sullivan by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Duke of Sutherland, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr. Charles Mark Palmer by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Duke of Edinburgh by Carlo Pellegrini")
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