Mr Justice Gainsford Bruce, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 6 December 1900

He was a British politician and judge. He specialised in shipping law. He was co-author with R G Williams of the textbook Admiralty Practice.

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John Seymour Lucas, by "N" - Vanity Fair, 14 December 1899

He was a Victorian English historical and portrait painter, as well as an accomplished theatrical costume designer.

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A little backstory on the rank 1 & 2 , both inspired by 'King Lear'.
Lear is a king led to a spiral of madness after making a series of wrong choices driven by vanity and egotism - cherishing those who flattered him and disowning the only person who truly loved him.

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8.VanityZ님의 커미션
신청해주셔서 감사합니다🔥

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Jules Félix Philippe Albert de Dion de Wandonne, by Jean Baptiste Guth - Vanity Fair, 12 Oct 1899

French pioneer of the automobile industry. He invented a steam-powered car and used it to win the world's first auto race, but his vehicle was adjudged to be against the rules.

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William Lygon, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 20 July 1899

He was a British Liberal politician, and Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901. He is often assumed to be the model for the character Lord Marchmain in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited.

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Rec of the day. The miracle of canning a mammouth novel into 84 minutes of film: a brillant adaptation of Vanity Fair, Becky Sharp is famous today for being the first film in techicolor. Feast your eyes and have a joyous ride with Miriam: Becky seems to have been written for her.

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Got some Vanity brewing!!
Chasing the nostalgia high.

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Have a couple pieces in my new Vanity series!

Delving into Nostalgia, and the past.

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Lord Dungarvan, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 28 October 1897

Charles Spencer Canning Boyle was an Irish soldier and peer.

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Lord Warkworth, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 2 Sept 1897

Henry Algernon George Percy, a British Conservative politician. He died in Paris in December 1909, aged 38. The official cause of death was pleurisy although there were rumours that he had been mortally wounded in a duel.

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Mr CJ Darling, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 15 July 1897

Charles John Darling was an English lawyer, politician and High Court judge.

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Sig P Mascagni, by Liborio Prosperi - Vanity Fair, 24 August 1893

Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. In April 1943, he appeared for the last time at La Scala to conduct L'amico Fritz. By that time he had to conduct sitting on a chair.

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Augustus Legge, by Henry Charles Seppings Wright - Vanity Fair, 27 May 1897

He was Bishop of Lichfield from 1891 until 1913. From 1873 to 1876 he was a member of the London School Board, representing the Greenwich Division.

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Mandell Creighton, by F T Dalton - Vanity Fair, 22 April 1897

He was a British historian and a bishop of the Church of England. It was widely thought at the time that Creighton would have become the Archbishop of Canterbury had his early death, at age 57, not supervened.

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Stunning by Ewelina Dymek for Vanity Fair's 'On Time' Autumn issue, to accompany news about and 🤩 n⌚️#jsrartists

https://t.co/kO6W7gvDV3

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John Compton Lawrance, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 18 March 1897

English judge and Conservative Party politician for South Lincolnshire from 1880 to 1885 and for Stamford from 1885 until 1890, when he was appointed to the High Court, where he served until 1912.

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Douglas-Scott-Montagu, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 8 Oct 1896

He was a British Conservative politician and promoter of motoring. During his first marriage Beaulieu had a daughter by his mistress and secretary Eleanor Velasco Thornton.

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Mr Richard Arthur Henry Mitchell, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 16 July 1896

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