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 "Senor Pablo Martin Meliton Sarasate, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Viscount Ebrington by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Strathnairn, He was Made a Statesman Because He was a Soldier, 20 August 1870, Vanity Fair Cartoon 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 "The Earl of Abergavenny by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "His Grace the Duke of Wellington, The Iron Duke")
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.jpg "Tobogganers at Davos, Switzerland 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 "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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-998332).jpg "Sir Charles Russell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Desart by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "HRH The Duke of Edinburgh by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Charles John Forbes by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Captain Ralph Allen Gossett by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Dr Jackson, The Bishop of London by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Bateman 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 "The Marquis of Westminster, The richest man in England, 16 July 1870, Vanity Fair cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Queen Wills It by Carlo Pellegrini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-958532).jpg "The Honourable Sidney Herbert by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Marquis of Bath 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 "Sir Stafford Northcote by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Sir Matthew Ridley, Ex-official, 23 July 1881, 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 "Signor Paolo Tosti, For Ever and For Ever, 14 November 1885, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Thomas Hay Sweet Escott 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 "Young Woman Tobogganing by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Tenterden, The Foreign Office, 17 August 1878, Vanity Fair Cartoon 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 "Earl Fitzwilliam by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Thomas Sutherland, P und O, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon Robert Lowe by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Statesman No.15 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr. Ira D. Sankey, Praise and Prayer, 10 April 1875, 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 "General Robert Cumming Schenck, USA, 23 January 1875, 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 "Mr Henry John Brinsley Manners 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 "Mr Henry Irving by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Algernon Borthwick by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr Abraham Hayward by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Coventry 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 "Mr Henry Du Pre Labouchere, Modest assurance, 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. Michael Thomas Bass by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lord Suffield by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Hon David Plunket by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "General Lucan, The Earl of Lucan by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Poet Laureate, 1871 by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Diogenes of the Modern Corinthians without his Tub, Thomas Carlyle (Vanity Fair series) 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 Hon Gerard James Noel by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Mr. Opfer of Blowitz 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 "Lord Lawrence 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 "Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, Baron Brabourne by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli 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 "Captain Eyre Shaw, He Well Deserves His Popularity, 3 June 1871, Vanity Fair Cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-Colonel Charles George Gordon by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Bradford 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 Chevalier Charles Cadorna 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 "Skating rink in Montana by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Denbigh by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "The Earl of Clonmell by Carlo Pellegrini")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-General Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball by Carlo Pellegrini")
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