Description: Sir William Fitzherbert, 7th Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 646.') Sir William FitzHerbert, 1st Baronet (17481791) was the first baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington. He was a lawyer and recorder for Derby. He was an usher to King George III. He owned a number of plantations for sugar and coffee in Jamaica and Barbados. Serving as Gentleman Usher to King George III and was rewarded with portraits of the king and queen. On 14 October 1777 he married Sarah Perrin in London and through her inherited five plantations in Jamaica. These were four sugar plantations of Blue Mountain, Forest, Grange Hill and Vere and the coffee plantation of Retrieve Mountain. Fitzherbert became a baronet on 22 January 1784 and retired to the family seat of Tissington Hall. On his death in 1791 he was buried at Tissington and was succeeded by Anthony Perrin Fitzherbert his son with Sarah, his wife. William's younger brother Alleyne FitzHerbert was a diplomat who became Baron St Helens in 1791. Anthony Fitzherbert, the second Baronet, died suddenly on 2 April 1798 of a "sudden consumption" at the age of nineteen. He was succeeded by Henry, his brother, the third son of the first Baronet. by Sir Leslie Ward chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 March 1896 14 1/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (359 mm x 242 mm) paper size acquired Sitter Sir William Fitzherbert, 7th Bt (1874-1963), Landowner. Sitter in 3 portraits. Artist Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), 'Spy'; caricaturist and portrait painter; son of Edward Matthew Ward. Artist associated with 1618 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits. Places Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (51 Tavistock Street, London) Portrait set Vanity Fair cartoons: chromolithographs by various artists 1869-1914 Subjects & Themes Vanity Fair - The world of sport Vanity Fair 1895-1899 Events of 1896 Current affairs Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest-reigning monarch in Britain. The first speeding conviction is given to Walter Arnold of Kent, for exceeding the limit of 2 mph. William Morris, the author, designer and prominent socialist, dies at Kelmscott House in Hammersmith, aged 62. Art and science Dan Leno, creator of the Pantomine Dame, is signed to Drury Lane theatre company, where he stays for sixteen years, playing some of the best known Pantomine characters. Henry Ford builds his first gasoline-powered car. Running on four bicycle wheels it was dubbed the 'Quadricycle'; its success contributed to the founding of the Ford Motor Company in 1903. International The first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, organised by the International Olympic Committee, formed in Paris in 1894. Events included athletics, cycling, weightlifting and wrestling, with around fourteen nations competing. Rhodes resigns as Cape Colony Prime Minister after refusing to repudiate Jameson for his part in the raid on the Transvaal.
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Artist: Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair, Spy
Originality: Original
Type: Lithograph
Year of Production: 1896
Signed By: Spy
Signed: Yes
Theme: Celebrities, Cultures & Ethnicities, Famous Places, Famous People, Important People
Material: Lithograph, Paper
Features: 1st Edition, Limited Edition
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Vanity Fair, Actors, Famous Paintings/Painters, Celebrities, Vintage, Important People
