Vintage Vanity Fair Prints (Early 20th Century) - Set of 2

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Vanity Fair Vintage Lithographs by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son - early 20th Century.

Vincent Brooks, Day & Son was … more Vanity Fair Vintage Lithographs by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son - early 20th Century.

Vincent Brooks, Day & Son was a major British lithographic firm most widely known for reproducing the weekly caricatures published in Vanity Fair magazine. The company was formed in 1867 when Vincent Brooks bought the name, good will and some of the property of Day & Son Ltd, which had gone into liquidation that year. The firm reproduced artwork and illustrations and went on to print many of the iconic London Underground posters of the twenties and thirties before being wound up in 1940.

1. Caricature of Thomas Henry Ismay by Lib published in Vanity Fair in 1894. Ismay was a one-time owner of The White Star Line. The White Star Line was a British shipping company. Remembered most for its innovative vessels; the Oceanic and for the losses of some of its best passenger liners, including the wrecking of Atlantic in 1873, the sinking of Republic in 1909, the loss of Titanic in 1912, and the wartime sinking of Britannic in 1916. Despite its casualties, the company retained a prominent hold on shipping markets around the globe before falling into decline during the Great Depression. White Star merged in 1934 with its chief rival, the Cunard Line, operating as Cunard-White Star Line until Cunard purchased White Star's share in the joint company in 1950.

Measures 17” x 12” matted.
Lithograph measures 14” x 9”.

2. Vanity Fair Spy Cartoon of William James Pirrie "Harland and Wolff". Ship builder. Caricature by Spy, published in Vanity Fair in 1903. Pirrie was the Chairman and chief owner of the Harland & Wolff shipping company.

Picture measures 8” x 14”. With the mat, 12” x 18”. less