John Edward Jenkins. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1878.

  • Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922.
Date:
August 31 1878
Reference:
820395i
Part of:
Vanity fair (London, England : 1868)
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About this work

Description

Lawyer, politician, novelist and satirist active on behalf of the Aborigines' Protection and Anti-Slavery Society. Author of Ginx's baby, his birth and other misfortunes (1870), about the exploitation of an orphan by rival religious sects; The coolie: his rights and wrongs (1871); The Devil's chain (1876), a polemic against alcohol; Lutchmee and Dilloo, a tale of West Indian life (3 vols., 1877); and Pantalas and what they did with him, the original story of the "Elephant Man" Joseph Merrick (1897)

Publication/Creation

[London] : Vanity fair, August 31 1878 ([London] : Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 31 x 18.5 cm

Lettering

"Ginx's baby" Spy. Vanity fair.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 820395i

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