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 Marquis of Westminster, The richest man in England, 16 July 1870, 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 "Arthur Orton, claiming to be Sir Roger Tichborne 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 Truro, Universal Knowledge, Vanity Fair Cartoon 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 Henry Villebois, The Squire, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Reginald Hanson, The Right Hon The Lord Mayor of London by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "If Everywhere as Successful as in Love, a Great Destiny Awaits Him by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Marquis of Salisbury, He is too honest a Tory for his party and his time, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Earl of Shaftesbury, He is no as other men are for he is never affected by party motive, 13 November 1869, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Dr Thomson, The Archbishop of York, The Archbishop of Society, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Earl of Russell, The Greatest Liberal Statesmen of Modern Times, 5 June 1869, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Bath by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Duke of Edinburgh 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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.jpg "General Robert Cumming Schenck, USA, 23 January 1875, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Heir of the Ages, James Payn, English novelist by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Abergavenny 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 "General Sir Donald Martin Stewart, Ahmed Khel, 15 January 1887, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Railway Interest 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1113970).jpg "Cross-country skiers 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 "Signor Paolo Tosti, For Ever and For Ever, 14 November 1885, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay 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 "The Earl of Desart by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Rt Hon James Stansfeld, Pour encourager les autres, 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 "Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870 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 "Colonel Edward J Saunderson, Irish Loyalty, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1107192).jpg "Skaters on the Rink at Engelberg, Switzerland by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Captain Eyre Shaw, He Well Deserves His Popularity, 3 June 1871, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Colonel Lewis Guy Phillips, Grenadier Guards by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Viscount Ranelagh, He has succeeded in volunteering, 25 June 1870, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Two Girls Tobogganing by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Yeamans Wallcott Henderson by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-935384).jpg "The Right Honourable William Monsell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Major General Lord Alfred Henry Paget by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Portrait of Whistler by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Alfred Lyttelton, Vanity Fair, 1884-09-20 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr William Ewart Gladstone by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Elcho by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr John Slagg MP, Manchester, 2 August 1884, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Edward Robert Sullivan, Common-sense in politics, 13 June 1885, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel James Browne by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieut-General Sir Arnold Burrows Kemball by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Henry Mesey Meysey-Thompson by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Police Inspector Ebenezer Denning by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord de Grey and Ripon 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 "The Marquis of Tweddale, A Peninsular Veteran, 8 January 1876, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "He Has Succeeded in Volunteering, Viscount Ranelagh by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Skelmersdale by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir George Biddell Airy by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon George Ward Hunt 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 "The Right Hon William Monsell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieut-General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-General Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Stradbroke, Suffolk, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Anglesey by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Walter Goodall George 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 "Sir Henry James by Carlo Pellegrini")
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